I enjoy playing with a big band occasionally, but it's too restricting; you really don't have a chance to stretch out and do what you want to do. Getting that thing of relating to a large band is great experience;… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
Without (my wife) Laurie, I would never be here right now, I know that. I would either be in a coffin, or stashed away doing a life sentence some place. Or running and hiding some place, if I was still alive. I'm certain I wouldn't be playing music. She's just been perfect for me. And she's a protector also; she… — Art Pepper Copy Share
Alto (saxophone) is just a very hard instrument; there's so few people that play it really well. I feel it's the best one, too,… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
“I guess it's like James Joyce when he was a kid, you know. He hung out with all the great writers of the day, and he was a little kid, like, with tennis shoes on, and they said 'Look at this lame!' They didn't use those words in those days. They said 'God, here comes this nut.' And he told… — Art Pepper Copy Share
The way so many musicians slavishly imitated Coltrane, that's the way it was with Charlie Parker - only even more so, if that can… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
I enjoy playing with a big band occasionally, but it's too restricting; you really don't have a chance to stretch out and do what… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
