“Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.” IfsWantTryingMeanPlayAbleNamesFineLabelsFormulasSpells Author:Lee Konitz
“You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.” IfsWayTryingSpecialApproachNew WaysOrganizeSpecial Someone Author:Lee Konitz
“Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode.” IfsRealNamesTheoreticalDoing Me Author:Lee Konitz
“I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.” IfsWantedUnderstoodInstrumentsDouble StandardSaxophoneClarinet Author:Lee Konitz
