David Sanborn Quotes
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My name is on the thing, but the reality of it is, when I get up there on stage, I'm part of a band. I'm…
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You're only as good as your last record.
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When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play…
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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.
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I just kinda like playing. I don't necessarily go on tour to promote my albums. I'm on the road all the time. The fact that…
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Instrumental music is increasingly marginalized and there's just no outlet, there's no venue for it, in terms of media.
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Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music.
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Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.
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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.
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To me, the object of practicing is to allow you to play what you hear. But you're always hearing new things, so you never get…
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When I make records, I never listen to stuff after it's done. Ever.
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I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music…
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I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personality and sending it back out there. That's the process.
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I tend to play in a way that feels natural to me. To me that's authentic for myself. I play by where I'm led by…
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I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along…
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In most of the stuff that I've done over the years as a sideman, I wasn't really a session musician, because to me, a session…
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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 learn…
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Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all music…
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Instrumental music is increasingly marginalized.
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I always wanna be in the process of evolving and growing.
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