All Steve Lacy Quotes
Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.
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When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly.
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Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing.
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I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.
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I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.
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If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.
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If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die.
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Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk.
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I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.
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