I'll just sit at the piano a lot an play like through different chord exercises and kind of just throwing my hands down on the piano from one chord to the next to see what happens. — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
As a melody instrument player, it's all about getting from one note to the next, and those intervals and how you navigate your way through these vertical structures of chords. You realize that everything's moving forward, and it's all linear. — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest. — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
While St. Louis is technically regarded as part of the Mid-West, it's actually - geographically and emotionally - more part of the South. I… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
I have a certain temperament, a disposition that I think lends itself to not playing outside the lines that much. But I do test… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm modest so much as I'm realistic. I know what I can do and what I can't do. I know what… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
I'm moved by a lot of different kinds of music, whether it's pop music or R&B or straight-ahead jazz or free or opera or… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
I think a valid approach to being a musician is to take all of the experience of your life and filter it through your… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
All the music that I've made in the past I've believed in. I think some of it has been more commercially successful than others,… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what? — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
Music is like an open sky. You know it's out there... and there you are. — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
