Lee Konitz

A lot of bands were doing remotes from ballrooms around the country. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#ballrooms #bands #country #doing #lot

After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#challenging #clean #me #melody #now

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#long #music #people #play #play music

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#big #clarinet #goodman #i #influences

Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#building #came #find #fine #going

I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#always #been #enough #felt #horn

I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#could #i #just #know #makes

I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#appreciate #audience #been #enough #get

I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#hear #i #many #somehow #things

A first love always occupies a special place. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#first #first love #love #love always #occupies