#saxophone

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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Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you. ↗

— Charlie Parker

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So I'm looking to the saxophone as a resource which has its own unique set of possibilities. I'm looking to exploit them and develop them and have the fullest range of possibilities of the saxophone be known. ↗

— Evan Parker

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The potential for the saxophone is unlimited. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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