Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

“Don't play the saxophone, let the saxophone play you.”

— Charlie Parker

I decided to play the saxophone because it was the most obvious instrument in my family. There were a lot of saxophone players in…

— Flying Lotus

I've always been interested in singing. My sister's a fantastic singer, and it's just something that's always been around. I play saxophone and guitar.…

— Charlie Rowe

Nobody played instruments in my family. My father got that bug and said he wants his son to play saxophone.

— Clarence Clemons

Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours into the concert, if I wanted to take a…

— Terry Riley

I play saxophone, I play tenor sax.

— Andy Serkis

I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to make a…

— John Polson

I was [ on Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition] with Ralph Bowen, and Joel Frahm, Jimmy Greene, John Ellis. You can't play the saxophone…

— Jon Gordon

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

As a musician, your instrument is almost predetermined. I had played drums, piano, clarinet, but when I heard Wayne Shorter play the saxophone, I…

— Kamasi Washington

Switch to piano! No. Really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. Of…

— Stan Getz

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.

— Stan Getz

“When I’m lonely I stand in the corner and play my saxophone and feel sorry for myself. I would ask you to accompany me…

— Jarod Kintz

I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either.…

— Anthony Braxton

I play the saxophone, and I used to play the piano.

— Grace VanderWaal