Albums Quote by David Sanborn

Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all…

— David Sanborn

In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to…

— David Sanborn

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

— David Sanborn

While St. Louis is technically regarded as part of the Mid-West, it's actually - geographically and emotionally - more part of the South. I…

— David Sanborn

I have a certain temperament, a disposition that I think lends itself to not playing outside the lines that much. But I do test…

— David Sanborn

I don't think I'm modest so much as I'm realistic. I know what I can do and what I can't do. I know what…

— David Sanborn

I always wanna be in the process of evolving and growing.

— David Sanborn

I'm moved by a lot of different kinds of music, whether it's pop music or R&B or straight-ahead jazz or free or opera or…

— David Sanborn

I think a valid approach to being a musician is to take all of the experience of your life and filter it through your…

— David Sanborn

All the music that I've made in the past I've believed in. I think some of it has been more commercially successful than others,…

— David Sanborn

Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what?

— David Sanborn

Music is like an open sky. You know it's out there... and there you are.

— David Sanborn