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59 Saxophonist Quotes

It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.

Come Felt Out True
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What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.

Anyway Communicate Communication Form
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Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope that people can feel the emotion of the great melodies, even without the words.

Album Being Emotion Even
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The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced.
Album Best Contains Ever
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I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.

Bad Control Learned Simply
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I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.

Anyone Criticized Else Increase
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I really create everything I do from the heart.
Create Everything Heart Really
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Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better.

Because Better Great Just
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I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion.

About Always Being Even
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Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.

Finally Longer Making Music
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The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.

Adult Contemporary Contemporary Music Jazz
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That's my ideal day, time with my boys.

Boys Day Ideal Time
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I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.
Approach Everything Feels Know
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I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart.

Also Follow Heart Public
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When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time.

Audience Feel Follow Going
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I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.

Charlie Charlie Parker Create Fine
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I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.

Decide Everybody Fine I Think
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I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.

Golf Great Great Thing Just
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I listen to all the top 20 songs, and top 20 albums, even the rap albums. But I don't like negative messages. If somebody is putting a lot of ego out there, I don't like it. When I make my records I want it to be sincere.

Albums Ego Even Like
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If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself.

Become Disappointed Even Glasses
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Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.

Business Dreamer Good Good Song
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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.

Away Because I Love Just
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Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.

Anything Anything Is Possible Biggest Biggest Thing
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There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.

Countries Enjoy Few Listening
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Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.

College Coltrane Influence Jazz
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I just started as a part of the public school music program. I took lessons at the school every Friday and was a part of the school band. I was just a normal kid taking instrumental lessons at school, nothing special.

Band Every Friday Instrumental
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I mean, what is music anyway? It's a form of communication - at least for me it is. And that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.

Anyway Communicate Communication Form
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I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I get into a space where I never think about the notes I've already played or anticipate the notes ahead.

About Ahead Always Anticipate
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I've never really played golf. With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels like part of my body, and I just express myself. That's where I want to get in golf.

Body Enough Express Feels
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Unless I've got Katy Perry on the cover of my CD, it's going to be tough to sell a lot of records.

CD Cover Going Got
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I live my life and play my music, and I don't really seek out other people's approval or accolades or things like that. I try to do what's true to me, and how it all comes out is fine.

Accolades Approval Fine How
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I listen to old jazz and classical music, and that's it.

Classical Classical Music Jazz Listen
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I don't go to clubs. I don't know what club mixes are supposed to sound like.

Club Clubs Go Know
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I've been performing since I was in high school, so I've seen people react to my music and my playing. I'm always appreciative when people like the music, but I'm not shocked.

Always Appreciative Been High
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Any saxophone player will have those influences come through in their music in a very different way. I can listen to the same 10 sax players as someone else for my entire life, and we'll both play completely differently. That's the beauty of being a musician.

Any Beauty Being Both
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I was really amazed when I started hearing 'Songbird' on the radio. I couldn't believe that the record company promotion department had actually convinced radio music directors to play it -because there wasn't anything like it on the radio at the time.

Actually Amazed Anything Because
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I'm very serious about what I do. I practice every day for three hours. I work on my scales; I work on my tone. But otherwise, I like to have fun.

About Day Every Every Day
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If you go to Tiananmen Square, or go to any public area in China, you will hear my music at some point.

Any Area China Go
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Generally, I like Indian music because the melodies are usually not too complex, which is how I like music, and that's the way I write music.

Because Complex Generally How
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Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

Music Own experience Own thought Your wisdom
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Don't be afraid, just play the music.

Be afraid Play The music
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If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn

You don't Live it Come out Your horn
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Man, there's no boundary line to art!

No boundary line To art
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Learn the changes, then forget them.

Learn The change Forget them
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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am - my faith, my knowledge, my being.

Music Spiritual Faith Knowledge
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I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

Believe Men Grow Best
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Damn the rules, it's the feeling that counts.

Rules Feeling Counts
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Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.

Big Important Listen Person
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I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.

Music Thought Change People
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Invest yourself in everything you do. There's fun in being serious.
Invest Yourself Fun Serious
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