#saxophone

When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone. ↗

— Tom Verlaine

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I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really tell you any rules or anything, but the way I develop my beliefs is really just by personally learning from different situations. ↗

— Chad Hugo

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I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end of it. ↗

— John Zorn

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Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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

— Steve Lacy

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I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone. ↗

— 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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Saxophone is one thing, and music is another. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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