Steve Lacy

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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I was spoiled by Monk's music because it was so good, so complete. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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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

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I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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