Saxophone Quote by Charlie Parker Download Open image ““Don't play the saxophone, let the saxophone play you.”” — Charlie Parker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Saxophone
“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 Copy Share Image
“That’s the trouble these days, too much Sax and Violins in the theatre.” — Tony Rattigan Copy Share Image
I've got a real love-hate thing with the saxophone. I've got to be careful. — Alan Sparhawk Copy Share Image
Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
The saxophone is so human. Its tendency is to be rowdy, edgy, talk too loud, bump into people, say the wrong words at the… — Joy Harjo Copy Share Image
“The Negro on saxophone blew out a language older than English and the glasses on the tables trembled” — Melinda Haynes Copy Share Image
When I first heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise. Something that people could understand, something that was beautiful. — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
Every time I hear a recording I've made, I hear all kinds of things I could improve or things I should have done. There's… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play. — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a guy who… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
Definitely, study is absolutely necessary in all forms - it's just like any talent that's born within somebody. It's just like a good pair… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
It's just music. It's trying to play clean and looking for the pretty notes. The beat in a bop band is with the music,… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
It's just music. It's playing clean and looking for the pretty notes. — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was hearing music in my head and trying to play it on the clarinet, but it didn't match.' Then, literally the first day,… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I heard this saxophone on… — Clarence Clemons Copy Share Image
I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all if I… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
Guitars, there was rock 'n' roll. Saxophone, jazz. Now we have the computer and there's this electronic thing happening in music that is somewhat… — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
I've played drums since I was 15. My sisters and I all played instruments. I kind of started with piano and then I actually… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
The Englishman foxtrots as he fox-hunts, with all his being, through thickets, through ditches, over hedges, through chiffons, through waiters, over saxophones, to the… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
