Author: Steve Lacy

Quotes

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

- Steve Lacy

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.

- Steve Lacy

When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly.

When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly.

- Steve Lacy

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

- Steve Lacy

Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.

Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.

- Steve Lacy

I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.

I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.

- Steve Lacy

I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.

I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.

- Steve Lacy

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.

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.

- Steve Lacy

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

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

- Steve Lacy

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