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> [Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/many-jazz-artists-go-to-l-a-seeking-a-more-comfortable-life-and-then/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

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## More by Sonny Rollins

> [I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/i-m-fortunate-that-i-m-making-a-living-at-it-now-because-i-m-not/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [How ironic that the Negro, who more than any other people can claim America's culture as his own, is being persecuted and repressed; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/how-ironic-that-the-negro-who-more-than-any-other-people-can-claim/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [I'm now a legend, whether I want to be or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/i-m-now-a-legend-whether-i-want-to-be-or-not/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/i-enjoy-playing-clubs-i-still-enjoy-the-closeness-of-the-nightclub/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/music-represents-nature-nature-represents-life-jazz-represents-nature/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/improvisation-is-the-ability-to-create-something-very-spiritual/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/even-the-most-jingoistic-person-would-have-to-admit-that-even/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [...this is my dilemma. I'm a guy who makes things up as I go along, so nothing is ever finished - there are so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/this-is-my-dilemma-i-m-a-guy-who-makes-things-up-as-i-go-along-so/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/jazz-is-the-type-of-music-that-can-absorb-so-many-things-and-still-be/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/my-mother-came-from-st-thomas-i-heard-that-melody-and-all-i-did-was/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can be for various reasons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/i-feel-that-l-a-has-not-always-been-my-strongest-base-for-support/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/you-had-many-jazz-musicians-who-lived-in-the-united-states-who-had-a/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [I miss playing with Miles. I did play with him a little while before he left the planet, but even at that time I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/i-miss-playing-with-miles-i-did-play-with-him-a-little-while-before/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [Improvisation is really not so much remembering things. And this is what I do when I play. I forget things. When I go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/improvisation-is-really-not-so-much-remembering-things-and-this-is/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

> [I simply want to reach a level where I will never cease to make progress...so that, even on the bad evenings, I may never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/i-simply-want-to-reach-a-level-where-i-will-never-cease-to-make/)

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