Musician Quotes

I'm not trying to be the new anybody.
I've had an advantage; I've had a sort of open public acceptance in New York that doesn't happen to just anyone trying to make the transition you were talking about.
It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?
So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be the best place to perform my own material and possibly get some attention, move on to making records and all.
There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find it there when I got back.
You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds.
Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant.
Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.
Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.
I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in New York on the radio.
I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.
I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.
I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.
I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.
I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.
I was spoiled by Monk's music because it was so good, so complete.
I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.
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.
I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.
If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die.
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