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> [Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/ninety-nine-percent-of-the-music-that-was-of-any-interest-to-me-when/)

[David Sanborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sanborn/)

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## More by David Sanborn

> [Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/jazz-music-should-be-inclusive-smooth-jazz-to-me-rules-out-a-certain/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/in-regard-to-music-i-just-think-that-it-s-always-best-to-have-an/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/its-all-about-finding-the-right-note-at-the-right-place-and-knowing/)

[David Sanborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sanborn/)

> [While St. Louis is technically regarded as part of the Mid-West, it's actually - geographically and emotionally - more part of the South. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/while-st-louis-is-technically-regarded-as-part-of-the-mid-west-it-s/)

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> [I have a certain temperament, a disposition that I think lends itself to not playing outside the lines that much. But I do test…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/i-have-a-certain-temperament-a-disposition-that-i-think-lends-itself/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/i-don-t-think-i-m-modest-so-much-as-i-m-realistic-i-know-what-i-can/)

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> [I always wanna be in the process of evolving and growing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/i-always-wanna-be-in-the-process-of-evolving-and-growing/)

[David Sanborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sanborn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/i-m-moved-by-a-lot-of-different-kinds-of-music-whether-it-s-pop-music/)

[David Sanborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sanborn/)

> [I think a valid approach to being a musician is to take all of the experience of your life and filter it through your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/i-think-a-valid-approach-to-being-a-musician-is-to-take-all-of-the/)

[David Sanborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sanborn/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/all-the-music-that-i-ve-made-in-the-past-i-ve-believed-in-i-think/)

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> [Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/well-i-guess-my-unease-with-that-is-i-m-always-a-little-uneasy-with/)

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> [Music is like an open sky. You know it's out there... and there you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/music-is-like-an-open-sky-you-know-it-s-out-there-and-there-you-are/)

[David Sanborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sanborn/)

> [I think that that's the way the music grows and changes and becomes new and creative and vital. It's by synthesizing elements from all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/i-think-that-that-s-the-way-the-music-grows-and-changes-and-becomes/)

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> [I try to do things that keep me interested. And play music that moves me. I like to move around and play in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/i-try-to-do-things-that-keep-me-interested-and-play-music-that-moves/)

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> [I think that, given a real choice, people would like to hear something interesting, not something bland and right down the middle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/i-think-that-given-a-real-choice-people-would-like-to-hear-something/)

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