Quotes by Saxophone I've got a real love-hate thing with the saxophone. I've got to be careful. Alan Sparhawk saxophone hate real I play saxophone, I play tenor sax. Andy Serkis saxophone tenors play The saxophone is the embodied spirit of beer. Arnold Bennett saxophone spirit beer There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument. Bill Frisell saxophone music play I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Bill Frisell saxophone copying player Drum on your drums, batter on your banjos, sob on the long cool winding saxophones. Go to it, O jazzmen. Carl Sandburg saxophone banjos long I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. Clarence Clemons electric saxophone christmas The Englishman foxtrots as he fox-hunts, with all his being, through thickets, through ditches, over hedges, through chiffons, through waiters, over saxophones, to the victorious finish; and who goes home depends on how many the ambulance will accommodate. Edna St. Vincent Millay saxophone foxes home So I'm looking to the saxophone as a resource which has its own unique set of possibilities. I'm looking to exploit them and develop them and have the fullest range of possibilities of the saxophone be known. Evan Parker saxophone possibility unique You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it Gerry Mulligan mulligans electric saxophone The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra Gerry Mulligan saxophone orchestra solo When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins Gerry Mulligan saxophone listening firsts ...black music is a group music. That's why I don't like doing a solo saxophone thing: My feeling stems from rhythm, I really have to feel that rhythmic thing happening. Jimmy Lyons saxophone black feelings The drum is the heart of music. The saxophone can play and then rest, as can all of them except the drums; the drummer keeps going - he can't afford to stop. Jo Jones saxophone play heart 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. John Zorn saxophone house mean I was studying with Joe Allard, which was great, as a saxophone student. Being able to study with Joe Allard was an incredible experience. Jon Gordon saxophone able students I'm very gratified that I had my little 15 minutes,or whatever [at the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]. It certainly didn't make me rich and famous. But it helped a little bit for a while. Jon Gordon saxophone competition littles I never really had a classical saxophone set-up. I just had a middle of the road set up. Jon Gordon middle-of-the-road saxophone middle Making a painting is like playing the saxophone. You hit the note and it comes out. Julian Schnabel saxophone painting notes I played saxophone and trumpet. Pretty nerdy. Kesha nerdy saxophone trumpets 12»