The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
I've played every instrument you could possibly think of for 10 minutes. So I'm mediocre at everything. I can play drums, guitar,… — Kat Dennings Copy Share Image
I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
As a musician, your instrument is almost predetermined. I had played drums, piano, clarinet, but when I heard Wayne Shorter play the… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Not what you would call a musical family, but my father used to play saxophone, and I discovered many genres of music… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I always saw these pictures of a man called Bob Gordon with a baritone saxophone, who I… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith… — Charlie Watts Copy Share Image
That's the beautiful thing about the saxophone. It can peacefully coexist with just about anything - whether it's hip-hop, rap, rock music,… — Dave Koz Copy Share Image
I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I… — Kenny G Copy Share Image
I was joked by a lot of older musicians because I was playing saxophone over trap beats or future bounce beats, and… — Masego Copy Share Image
I'm very gratified that I had my little 15 minutes,or whatever [at the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]. It certainly didn't make… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I was [ on Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition] with Ralph Bowen, and Joel Frahm, Jimmy Greene, John Ellis. You can't play… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I skipped school one day to see Dizzy Gillespie, and that's where I met Coltrane. Coltrane and Jimmy Heath just joined the… — Donald Byrd Copy Share Image
My thing was, I loved music. I played music: I played the saxophone. So the little bit of music knowhow I had,… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I play a bunch of instruments, like piano, drums, guitar and bass. And the kazoo every now and then. I'm trying to… — Mac Miller Copy Share Image
Joe: You don't want me, Sugar. I'm a liar and a phony. A saxophone player. One of those no-goodniks you keep running… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
Switch to piano! No. Really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Most footballers play golf for five or six hours. I'd rather play my saxophone. I get out to gigs when I can. — Dion Dublin Copy Share Image
I practice my saxophone three hours a day. I'm not saying I'm particularly special, but if you do something three hours a… — Kenny G Copy Share Image
When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I like referring to the saxophone and having a guitar lick instead. Same with the cymbals; having the cymbals and not playing… — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
If all else fails, I could go to a train station and open up my saxophone case and make some bucks. I… — Sean Price Copy Share Image
Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours into the concert, if I wanted to… — Terry Riley Copy Share Image
My aunt Ruth Brown was a jazz musician. I got hooked on it at a young age, understanding what John Coltrane was… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and… — Yusef Komunyakaa Copy Share Image
The drum is the heart of music. The saxophone can play and then rest, as can all of them except the drums;… — Jo Jones Copy Share Image
I originally started playing saxophone. I started singing a little bit when I got into middle school, when I realized girls didn't… — Luke James Copy Share Image
Guitars, there was rock 'n' roll. Saxophone, jazz. Now we have the computer and there's this electronic thing happening in music that… — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell… — Bobby Keys Copy Share Image
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties… — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called 'Raunchy.' — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
I can't play any horns. Every time I tried to take saxophone lessons as a kid ... I can't whistle. I don't… — Pete Yorn Copy Share Image
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![“I was [ on Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition] with Ralph Bowen, and Joel Frahm, Jimmy Greene, John Ellis. You can't play the saxophone better than any of those guys play. So many of those things that those guys could do I wish I could do now, let alone then.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3bb/jon-gordon-1655_competition_i-was-on-thelonious-monk-international-s_843648.png)
