“I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.”
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We made records to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records. I still feel that way. I put out a record because I think it's beautiful, not necessarily commercial.
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I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got.
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Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.
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Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice.
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If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.
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