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Music Quotes by Lee Konitz
- I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.
- Sound is the first thing that we tune into.
- I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.
- As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.
- Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.
- Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.
- It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music.
- As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.
- I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically.
- It's very demanding to make up your own music.
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