When I was 17 or 18 and it was time to figure out what to do with my life, I realized that I didn't enjoy anything as much as I enjoyed playing music. I felt that I had no choice:… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
I became a musician because I love music, and that is what has sustained me; it's not because I thought it was a great way to make a living. Music saved my life. — 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
