I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
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. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
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… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
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… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
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… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
