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I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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

— Steve Lacy

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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

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I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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

— David Ogilvy

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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

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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

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

— Steve Lacy

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