#sax

At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls. ↗

— Aberjhani

#charlie-parker #creativity #diamonds #genius #jazz-music

Saxton shifted exhausted eyes over. "Must we do this?" "What happened --" "I think you and he need to talk. And once you do, I won't have to worry about being jumped like a felon again." Blay frowned. "He and I have nothing to say to each other --" "with all due respect, the ligature marks on my neck would suggest otherwise. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#blay #blaylock #j-r-ward #lover-at-last #saxton

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#clarinet #double #i #instrument #main

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#anglo-saxon #civilization #him #his #individual

You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#everything #into #make #organ #saxophone

I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. ↗

— Clarence Clemons

#electric #got #i #instead #saxophone

Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years. ↗

— Clarence Clemons

#am #had #i #i am #me

After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I had to end up playing them myself. And that's how I ended up just being a saxophone player. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#anyone #anything #being #california #end

I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing the guitar, I'm playing the saxophone. To me, the most wonderful thing about playing music is that. ↗

— Chick Corea

#band #drums #enjoy #guitar #i

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, but there's so much music out there and so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument. ↗

— Bill Frisell

#anyone #copying #guitar #guitar players #i