Steve Lacy ,quotes

Bamboo is not a weed, it's a f...

Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant.

Steve Lacy 03.03.2018 03:03:03 84 quotes

To me, there is spirit in a re...

To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration.

Steve Lacy 03.03.2018 03:03:03 84 quotes

The more original something is...

The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It happened with anybody who is really original.

Steve Lacy 03.03.2018 03:03:03 84 quotes

A jazz musician is a combinati...

A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer, public masturbator, and general all-round good fellow.

Steve Lacy 03.03.2018 03:03:03 84 quotes

Before the work comes to you, ...

Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.

Steve Lacy 03.03.2018 03:03:03 84 quotes

A young pianist & composer who...

A young pianist & composer who has demonstrated an exceptional creativity, in both his playing & his writing, as well as showing us all, his very strong commitment & motivation to aim for high musical goals. Talent like his is rare.

Steve Lacy 03.03.2018 03:03:03 84 quotes

There is an awful lot of what ...

There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language.

Steve Lacy 03.03.2018 03:03:03 84 quotes

If you're trying to invent som...

If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.

Steve Lacy 03.03.2018 03:03:03 84 quotes

Whoever has an original thing ...

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

Steve Lacy 03.03.2018 03:03:03 84 quotes

You must have the music to jus...

You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:03:20 84 quotes

You have to sound sad first of...

You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good.

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:03:08 84 quotes

You can work on the saxophone ...

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

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:02:50 84 quotes

Whoever has an original thing ...

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

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:02:43 84 quotes

When I heard Monk in person in...

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.

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:02:34 84 quotes

When I found the music of Monk...

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

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:02:23 84 quotes

When I first started playing m...

When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a very esoteric type of thing.

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:02:10 84 quotes

When I came up, it was all abo...

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

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:02:01 84 quotes

What I learned with Cecil Tayl...

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

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:01:52 84 quotes

We played for peanuts. But we ...

We played for peanuts. But we did what we wanted to do, we heard what we wanted to hear, we performed what we wanted to perform, we learned what we wanted to learn.

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:01:43 84 quotes

To me, there is spirit in a re...

To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration.

Steve Lacy 29.07.2011 16:01:34 84 quotes

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