“If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.” IfsHumansPlayVoiceInstrumentsSaxophoneHuman Voice Author:Stan Getz
“I practice my saxophone three hours a day. I'm not saying I'm particularly special, but if you do something three hours a day for forty years, you get pretty good at it.” IfsInspirationalYearsThreeHoursMusicPracticeSpecialParticularMusicianFortySaxophonePractice Makes Perfect Author:Kenny G
“I practiced saxophone eight hours a day for the first two years I played.” YearsFirstsTwoHoursEightTwo YearsSaxophone Author:Stan Getz
“Joe: We can't just walk out on her without saying goodbye. Jerry: What? Since when? You usually walk out and leave 'em with nothing but a kick in the teeth. Joe: That's when I was a saxophone player. Now I'm a millionaire.” JusticeWalksPlayerTeethKicksGoodbyeEmsMillionaireSaying GoodbyeJerrySaxophone Author:Tony Curtis
“I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful!” IfsSoundRecordsPlayerJazzGuitarAwfulHatedOrgansGuitar PlayerSaxophoneTrios Author:Tom Verlaine
“I throw a Christmas party at my house. It's not really a Christmas party, because I don't want to call it a Christmas party. But let's just say I put a lot I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.” WantWantedHousePartyTrainChristmasElectricSaxophoneChristmas Party Author:Clarence Clemons
“The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son” NextWorstSonWasteBreathsSaxophone Author:Kin Hubbard
“I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.” ThinkingWritingRememberCrossesSaxophoneViolaOboes Author:Gavin Bryars
“The saxophone is so human. Its tendency is to be rowdy, edgy, talk too loud, bump into people, say the wrong words at the wrong time, but then, you take a breath all the way from the center of the earth and blow. All that heartache is forgiven. All that love we humans carry makes a sweet, deep sound and we fly a little.” PeopleWayHumansLittlesEarthSoundSweetBreathsBlowTendenciesLoudHeartacheForgivenBumpsEdgySaxophoneWrong TimeWrong WordsRowdy Author:Joy Harjo
“After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I had to end up playing them myself. And that's how I ended up just being a saxophone player.” WritingEndsHardPlayLeftPlayerCaliforniaHard TimesTexasJust BeingSaxophone Author:Ornette Coleman
“I get stoned, I can't get home, I'm calling long distance on a public saxophone. My head is achin', my back is breakin', feel I got run over by Captain Coconut and his dog named Rover.” FeelsLongI CanHomeRunningDogCallingDrugDistanceAlcoholCaptainsLong DistanceDrugs And AlcoholSaxophoneCoconuts Author:Jimi Hendrix
“I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really tell you any rules or anything, but the way I develop my beliefs is really just by personally learning from different situations.” WayI CanDifferentBeliefSituationAudienceTeacherJazzSaxophone Author:Chad Hugo
“I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.” HumansDoePlaySoundVoicePlayerDialogueLakesSaxophoneHuman Voice Author:Yusef Komunyakaa