If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that. Steve Lacy armstrongfreehear Change image and share on social
Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways. Steve Lacy gratefulinstrumentkenny Change image and share on social
It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up. Steve Lacy giveimportantperiod Change image and share on social
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 extremelygreathave Change image and share on social
To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration. Steve Lacy ancientlivereed Change image and share on social
I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down. Steve Lacy guesspianistsit Change image and share on social
The potential for the saxophone is unlimited. Steve Lacy potentialsaxophoneunlimited Change image and share on social
We played for peanuts. But we did what we wanted to do, we heard what we wanted to hear, we performed what we wanted to perform, we learned what we wanted to learn. Steve Lacy hearlearnpeanut Change image and share on social
Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same. Steve Lacy appetiteboredifficult Change image and share on social
The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music. Steve Lacy interestmachinemusic Change image and share on social