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" A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas. "
Like
Conversation
Friends
" As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction. "
Art
Satisfaction
Conversation
" I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much. "
Appreciate
Much
Men
" I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got. "
Sound
Got
Even
" If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. "
Human
Play
Best
" I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands. "
Bands
Kinds
Mickey Mouse
" Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice. "
Life
Radio
Kid
" My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room. "
Always
Heard
Sound
" Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product. "
Now
Product
Records
" The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body. "
Body
Your Body
Saxophone
" We made records to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records. I still feel that way. I put out a record because I think it's beautiful, not necessarily commercial. "
Feel
Because
Beautiful
" You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you. "
Play
Musicians
Better
" You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles. "
Camera
Death
Jazz
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