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" Actually, when I was in elementary school, I saw a saxophone. A band came to my school, and I saw this guy get up and play this solo. And I said, 'Oh man, what is that! That must be fantastic!' "

Ornette Coleman

" As a musician, your instrument is almost predetermined. I had played drums, piano, clarinet, but when I heard Wayne Shorter play the saxophone, I knew that sound is what I wanted. "

Kamasi Washington

" Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called 'Raunchy.' "

" Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live! "

" Charlie Parker is my greatest inspiration as a saxophone player - anything that involves him entails a large amount of respect. "

" Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you. "

" I am a saxophone player. "

" I don't know why, but I like the saxophone. "

" If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. "

" I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end of it. "

" I have two brothers that are musicians. My older brother, Yuval, is a saxophone player. My younger brother, Avishai, is a trumpet player. "

" I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone. "

" I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance. "

Roscoe Mitchell

" 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. "

Yusef Komunyakaa

" I loved playing the saxophone. "

" I'm a little musically inclined; I play the clarinet and the saxophone. "

" I originally started playing saxophone. I started singing a little bit when I got into middle school, when I realized girls didn't really date the dude with the saxophone. "

" I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano. "

" I played music my whole life - piano, saxophone. "

" I played saxophone for 15 years. I played out. It never reached any kind of a level that was recording or anything. "

" 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. "

" I started playing drums at three, then piano at five, then clarinet. But it wasn't till I picked up a saxophone aged 13 that I really got serious about music. "

Kamasi Washington

" I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double. "

" I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks. "

Stevie Ray Vaughan

" My central quest was to have a piece played on the saxophone sound like more than one instrument, exploiting different registers and wide interval leaps. "

Roscoe Mitchell

" 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. "

" Saxophone is one thing, and music is another. "

" Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays. "

" The potential for the saxophone is unlimited. "

" 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. "

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