Steve Lacy

(6 votes)   Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

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(4 votes)   The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.

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(4 votes)   When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in a small club. The place was full of musicians, but there was no public at all.

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(3 votes)   I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

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(3 votes)   When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now.

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(2 votes)   Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.

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(2 votes)   Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.

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(2 votes)   Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.

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(2 votes)   People don't want to suffer. They want to sound good immediately, and this is one of the biggest problems in the world.

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(2 votes)   Register is very important. Music sounds best in a certain register.

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(2 votes)   The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

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(2 votes)   What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged.

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(2 votes)   When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly.

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(2 votes)   Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

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(2 votes)   You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

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