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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

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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

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Register is very important. Music sounds best in a certain register. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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Saxophone is one thing, and music is another. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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

— Steve Lacy

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When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a very esoteric type of thing. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in a small club. The place was full of musicians, but there was no public at all. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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Philosophically, what I have learned is to thy own self be true. That is the biggest lesson of all. Relax; music is fun. To many people take it to seriously because of the money involved. ↗

— Greg Lake

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I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something ↗

— Eddie Vedder

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