Author: Steve Lacy

Quotes

Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.

Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.

- Steve Lacy

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

- Steve Lacy

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

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

- 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 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

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

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

- 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

I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.

I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.

- 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

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