Instruments Quote by Gerry Mulligan

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

— Steve Lacy

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

— Steve Lacy

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

I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony…

— Gerry Mulligan

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

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

Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.

— Gerry Mulligan

Saxophones are awesome.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know…

— Oscar Peterson

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

— Jon Gordon

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…

— Steve Lacy

Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have a great…

— Joshua Bell