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• The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on…
• It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you…
• You know, when I'm playing, I think of myself in front of the Wailing Wall with a saxophone in my hands, and…
• My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring…
• I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be...
• Switch to piano! No. Really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human…
• The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter…
• I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.

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