Appetite Quote by Steve Lacy

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

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

— Gerry Mulligan

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

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

— Stan Getz

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

— Steve Lacy

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

The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra

— Gerry Mulligan

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

I decided to play the saxophone because it was the most obvious instrument in my family. There were a lot of saxophone players in…

— Flying Lotus

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

— Steve Lacy

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