Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
[Winning the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]definitely opened some doors. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Switch to piano! No. Really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
The drum is the heart of music. The saxophone can play and then rest, as can all of them except the drums;… — Jo Jones Copy Share Image
I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
...black music is a group music. That's why I don't like doing a solo saxophone thing: My feeling stems from rhythm, I… — Jimmy Lyons Copy Share Image
Alto (saxophone) is just a very hard instrument; there's so few people that play it really well. I feel it's the best… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
I'm very gratified that I had my little 15 minutes,or whatever [at the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]. It certainly didn't make… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I'm a little musically inclined; I play the clarinet and the saxophone. — Joel Murray Copy Share Image
I finally got to junior high and I got to start saxophone. There were a few of us that were in the… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks. — Stevie Ray Vaughan 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… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing,… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
I like referring to the saxophone and having a guitar lick instead. Same with the cymbals; having the cymbals and not playing… — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
I was [ on Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition] with Ralph Bowen, and Joel Frahm, Jimmy Greene, John Ellis. You can't play… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to… — John Polson Copy Share Image
The sax solo as we know it today would not exist without Gerry Rafferty. His 1978 soft-rock classic 'Baker Street' has to… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
My first album didn't come out until I was 27, which in pop years is late, you know. But when it came… — Bjork Copy Share Image
I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really… — Chad Hugo Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
Listening to as many guitar solos as possible is the best method for someone in the early stages. But saxophone solos can… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
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