Best Saxophone Sayings

78 Saxophone quotes by 51 unique authors

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others. — Steve Lacy
I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone. — Steve Lacy
I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination. — Steve Lacy
Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that… — Steve Lacy
The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music. — Steve Lacy
When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big… — Van Morrison
I am a saxophone player. — Nick Offerman
Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you. — Charlie Parker
I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks. — Stevie Ray Vaughan
I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano. — Norman Wisdom
I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end… — John Zorn
I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a… — Donald Miller
I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a… — Donald Miller
And I too wanted to be. That is all I wanted; and this is the last word. At the bottom of all these attempts which… — Jean-Paul Sartre
It's hard to explain what happens when jazz and punk fuse with a violin twist but it works. Probably because Anson Choi takes off his… — Melina Marchetta
Not what you would call a musical family, but my father used to play saxophone, and I discovered many genres of music when I was… — Rokia Traore
I grew up playing the saxophone. I joined the jazz band in high school, but somewhere along the way I realized the guys who strummed… — Chris Carmack
I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all if I could… — Robert Pinsky
Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith and Mick. The… — Charlie Watts
Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours into the concert, if I wanted to take a break… — Terry Riley
I play saxophone, I play tenor sax. — Andy Serkis
My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I was younger, but… — Gaspard Ulliel
Actually, when I was in elementary school, I saw a saxophone. A band came to my school, and I saw this guy get up and… — Ornette Coleman
I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing the guitar, I'm playing the… — Chick Corea
Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I… — Terry Riley

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