Saxophone Quotes · Page 2

I play saxophone, I play tenor sax.

— Andy Serkis

[Winning the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]definitely opened some doors.

— Jon Gordon

I'm a little musically inclined; I play the clarinet and the saxophone.

— Joel Murray

I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano.

— Norman Wisdom

“Don't play the saxophone, let the saxophone play you.”

— Charlie Parker

When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone.

— Tom Verlaine

I play the saxophone, and I used to play the piano.

— Grace VanderWaal

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

— Steve Lacy

It's great to hear someone really care for the soprano saxophone.

— Rufus Reid

I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit…

— Steve Lacy

Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much…

— Steve Lacy

My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band…

— Jennifer Garner

The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter…

— Stan Getz

There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.

— Bill Frisell

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.

— Roscoe Mitchell

Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass,…

— Anonymous

I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening…

— Josephine de La Baume

I love music. My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or…

— Gaspard Ulliel

I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I…

— Kenny G

Sometimes a sound gets overused. There is such a thing as a good saxophone, but it's like those fields in agriculture -…

— Thomas Mars

That's the beautiful thing about the saxophone. It can peacefully coexist with just about anything - whether it's hip-hop, rap, rock music,…

— Dave Koz

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

I was joked by a lot of older musicians because I was playing saxophone over trap beats or future bounce beats, and…

— Masego

My third day playing saxophone, I was in front of a congregation. I still didn't know the names of all the notes.…

— Kamasi Washington

I decided to play the saxophone because it was the most obvious instrument in my family. There were a lot of saxophone…

— Flying Lotus

Joe: You don't want me, Sugar. I'm a liar and a phony. A saxophone player. One of those no-goodniks you keep running…

— Marilyn Monroe

When I got this saxophone, it became a religion. There wasn't TV, there wasn't much money, and there was just a real…

— Stan Getz

My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I…

— Bill Crow

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

Well, I've heard a lot of people, but I think I would say a Brazilian musician named Hermeto Pascoal was one of…

— Flora Purim

I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when…

— Donald Miller

Playboys' was an authentic junkie record. Art Pepper was just out of jail, Chet was arrested a week after the session, and…

— Jimmy Heath

I come from a musical family. Mom was a piano teacher for a large portion of her life, and Dad is a…

— Gerard Cox

The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra

— Gerry Mulligan

I played saxophone for a while when I was a kid.

— Flying Lotus

Tim Price is one of the real ones ! A good friend and a great player !

— Phil Woods

I played music my whole life - piano, saxophone.

— Miles Teller

I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.

— Steve Lacy

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

— Steve Lacy

You played saxophone at my sister's wedding, man! -Domingo

— 21 Jump Street