Quotes by Steve Lacy

I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

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I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

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

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I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to...

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You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.

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You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good.

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You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

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Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the...

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When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in...

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When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn....

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When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of...

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When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an...

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