You can't just walk away when somebody recognizes you. You have to take some time out and talk to them. It's not a waste of time - I just love talking to people. And I don't do this to sell records. The truth is, I do what I do because I love it.

6. When he entered high school he failed on his first try to get into the jazz band but tried again the following year and earned first chair. He is an avid golfer and has a handicap of +0.

His fourth album Duotones brought him breakthrough success in 1986. Kenny G is the biggest-selling instrumental musician of the modern era with global sales totaling more than 75 million records. Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5 1956) better known by his stage name Kenny G is an American adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist.