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They call me before they go in...

They call me before they go into production, when they have a prototype, and they call legitimate saxophonists, too. As opposed to the other kind.

Steve Lacy 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 84 quotes

The soprano turned out to soun...

The soprano turned out to sound to me like the right hand on the piano.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

The soprano has all those othe...

The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

The saxophone is a very intere...

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

The potential for the saxophon...

The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.

Steve Lacy 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 84 quotes

Some people really want to pla...

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

Saxophone is one thing, and mu...

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

Risk is at the heart of jazz. ...

Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

Register is very important. Mu...

Register is very important. Music sounds best in a certain register.

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Play difficult and interesting...

Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

People don't want to suffer. T...

People don't want to suffer. They want to sound good immediately, and this is one of the biggest problems in the world.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

Nobody was playing the soprano...

Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

Kenny G, I have to be grateful...

Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

Jazz is people's music, a coll...

Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

Jazz is like wine. When it is ...

Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

It's very important to go thro...

It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

It starts with a single sound....

It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

If you listen to Louis Armstro...

If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that.

Steve Lacy 84 quotes

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