#thing

Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#anything #certainly #first #i #know

The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind. ↗

— Lactantius

#all things #amplified #confess #exploits #frequently

The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice. ↗

— Lactantius

#being #come #declare #filled #god

There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them. ↗

— Lactantius

#being #both #created #does #energy

I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#ever #history #i #jazz #love

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

#guess #i #just #pianist #rather

Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn't sell much of anything. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#anything #much #ninety-nine #ninety-nine percent #percent

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

#armstrong #better #free #hear #listen

If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#give #going #invent #lot #most

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#music #one thing #saxophone #thing