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

Quote by Charlie Parker

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If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you...

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you...

They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line...

They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line...

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it,...

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it,...

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

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

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it,...

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it,...

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and...

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and...

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not...

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not...

Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul

Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

Sometimes, it's not the song that makes you emotional, it's the people and things that...

Sometimes, it's not the song that makes you emotional, it's the people and things that...

The release date is just one day, but the record is forever.

The release date is just one day, but the record is forever.

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it...

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it...

Only knowing one part to a song so you just keep singing the same line...

Only knowing one part to a song so you just keep singing the same line...

If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes You'll just have to claw...

If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes You'll just have to claw...

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects...

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects...

I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but...

I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but...

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Like all great champions, Tiger has the ability to raise his game when he has...

Like all great champions, Tiger has the ability to raise his game when he has...