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


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Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.

Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.



You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.



Don't be afraid, just play the music.

Don't be afraid, just play the music.



Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.

Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.



I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker would have never played anything but swing music.

I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker would have never played anything but swing music.



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.



I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.



Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.



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

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



Man, there's no boundary line to art!

Man, there's no boundary line to art!





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