Big Quote by Ray Stevens

I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.

— Steve Lacy

I'm just a former saxophone player who got lucky.

— Fred MacMurray

I got one of the best sax players in the business - Arno Hecht. He plays with the Uptown Horns and all the great…

— Dion DiMucci

One of my best friends in the world is Lars Frederiksen. He plays guitar for a band called Rancid.

— CM Punk

I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell whether I…

— Bobby Keys

I was a born rock n' roll sax player.

— Clarence Clemons

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

My aunt Ruth Brown was a jazz musician. I got hooked on it at a young age, understanding what John Coltrane was doing playing…

— Rakim

Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer,…

— Walter Becker

I've got a real love-hate thing with the saxophone. I've got to be careful.

— Alan Sparhawk

“Whenever the sixth tune on the flip side of the LP, “Atlanta Blues,” began, she would grab one of Tengo’s body parts and praise…

— Haruki Murakami

I played saxophone for a while when I was a kid.

— Flying Lotus