Body Quote by Stan Getz

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

The saxophone is so human. Its tendency is to be rowdy, edgy, talk too loud, bump into people, say the wrong words at the…

— Joy Harjo

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.

— 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

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

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

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

— Charlie Parker

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

Alto (saxophone) is just a very hard instrument; there's so few people that play it really well. I feel it's the best one, too,…

— Art Pepper

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

I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver…

— Yusef Komunyakaa