Best Saxophone Quotes
78 Saxophone quotes by 51 unique authors
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Something amazing happens when the rest of the world is sleeping. I am glued to my chair. I forget that I ever wanted to do…
— Anne Fadiman
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I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.
— Lee Konitz
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If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.
— Stan Getz
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I practice my saxophone three hours a day. I'm not saying I'm particularly special, but if you do something three hours a day for forty…
— Kenny G
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I practiced saxophone eight hours a day for the first two years I played.
— Stan Getz
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Joe: We can't just walk out on her without saying goodbye. Jerry: What? Since when? You usually walk out and leave 'em with nothing but…
— Tony Curtis
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I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make…
— Tom Verlaine
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I throw a Christmas party at my house. It's not really a Christmas party, because I don't want to call it a Christmas party. But…
— Clarence Clemons
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The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son
— Kin Hubbard
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I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between…
— Gavin Bryars
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The saxophone is so human. Its tendency is to be rowdy, edgy, talk too loud, bump into people, say the wrong words at the wrong…
— Joy Harjo
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When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone.
— Tom Verlaine
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After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I had…
— Ornette Coleman
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I get stoned, I can't get home, I'm calling long distance on a public saxophone. My head is achin', my back is breakin', feel I…
— Jimi Hendrix
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I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really tell you any…
— Chad Hugo
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I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays…
— Yusef Komunyakaa
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When I got this saxophone, it became a religion. There wasn't TV, there wasn't much money, and there was just a real dedication.... I never…
— Stan Getz
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I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I get into a…
— Kenny G
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My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was a…
— Jennifer Garner
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I don't know why, but I like the saxophone.
— Matt Dillon
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My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it was just a…
— Hugh Jackman
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I played saxophone and trumpet. Pretty nerdy.
— Kesha
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Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same.
— Steve Lacy
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Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.
— Steve Lacy
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The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.
— Steve Lacy
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