Known Quote by Evan Parker

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

— Steve Lacy

That's the beautiful thing about the saxophone. It can peacefully coexist with just about anything - whether it's hip-hop, rap, rock music, pop, R&B…

— Dave Koz

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

The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.

— Steve Lacy

Saxophones are awesome.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated…

— Stan Getz

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

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

— Steve Lacy

The saxophone was created to mimic the human voice and I think that's why I gravitated toward the saxophone eventually. I'd loved the clarinet,…

— Matana Roberts

Sometimes a sound gets overused. There is such a thing as a good saxophone, but it's like those fields in agriculture - they need…

— Thomas Mars

Any saxophone player will have those influences come through in their music in a very different way. I can listen to the same 10…

— Kenny G

I never really had a classical saxophone set-up. I just had a middle of the road set up.

— Jon Gordon