--- title: "1 Listen Classical Quotes By Lee Konitz" description: "1 Listen Classical quotes by Lee Konitz. Plus more from Lee Konitz and more Listen Classical sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/lee-konitz-21497_classical_i-listen-to-classical-music-very-much-th_8487.png" --- > [I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/i-listen-to-classical-music-very-much-there-s-a-lot-of-jazz-that-i/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/lee-konitz-21497_classical_i-listen-to-classical-music-very-much-th_8487.png) ## More by Lee Konitz > [I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/i-listen-to-classical-music-very-much-there-s-a-lot-of-jazz-that-i/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/i-always-felt-as-a-horn-player-a-jam-session-wasn-t-satisfying-enough/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/i-hear-many-extra-musical-things-somehow-in-coltrane/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [A first love always occupies a special place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/a-first-love-always-occupies-a-special-place/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [It's very demanding to make up your own music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/it-s-very-demanding-to-make-up-your-own-music/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/i-have-been-able-to-get-a-small-audience-it-s-not-the-huge-audience/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/i-could-stop-and-say-well-that-was-a-d-minor-g-seven-but-i-really-don/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/labels-don-t-mean-anything-to-me-i-m-trying-to-play-as-passionately/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/out-of-coltrane-s-whole-history-there-are-things-which-i-think-are/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/we-all-learn-from-each-other-and-i-never-really-hung-out-with-guys-in/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/benny-goodman-was-one-of-the-big-influences-as-a-clarinet-player-that/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/i-just-completed-a-tour-in-europe-i-played-every-night-this-requires/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/i-d-like-to-feel-that-whatever-i-play-is-a-result-of-whatever-i-ve/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/i-love-indian-music-very-much-but-i-haven-t-studied-that-specifically/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) > [You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/you-just-keep-playing-if-someone-special-comes-along-and-organizes-it/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listen-classical/lee-konitz/#itemlist", "name": "1 Listen Classical Quotes By Lee Konitz", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I listen to classical music very much. 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