America Quote by Sonny Rollins

I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.

— Sonny Rollins

I'm now a legend, whether I want to be or not.

— Sonny Rollins

I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around…

— Sonny Rollins

Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life.

— Sonny Rollins

Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own.

— Sonny Rollins

Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European…

— Sonny Rollins

...this is my dilemma. I'm a guy who makes things up as I go along, so nothing is ever finished - there are so…

— Sonny Rollins

Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.

— Sonny Rollins

My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort…

— Sonny Rollins

I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can be for various reasons.

— Sonny Rollins

You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play…

— Sonny Rollins

I miss playing with Miles. I did play with him a little while before he left the planet, but even at that time I…

— Sonny Rollins