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Steve Lacy
American Musician
Born: Jul 23, 1934
Died: Jun 4, 2004
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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 found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly. 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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Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo. Steve Lacy
Say Status Status Quo Threat Sort Quo Whoever Original Original Thing Thing
Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant. Steve Lacy
Plant Weed Magnificent Bamboo Flowering
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
Me Weed Living Ancient Spirit Contain Sort Does Reed Vibration Really Thing Living Thing
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
You Imagination Saxophone Astounding Possibilities Only Soprano Limit Been Years Up Working
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
You Better Will Free More Never Armstrong Hear Louis Louis Armstrong Than Listen Anything Really
Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with. Steve Lacy
Work People Important Right People Circumstances Find Very Right
I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz. Steve Lacy
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I was spoiled by Monk's music because it was so good, so complete. Steve Lacy
Music Good Complete Spoiled Because Monk
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
Great People Extremely More Great People Knew Always Got How Been Than Did Much Who Lucky Here Playing
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're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up. Steve Lacy
You People Invent Give Something Something New Points New Reach Most Discouraging Lot Up Trying Going
It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing. Steve Lacy
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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
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Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways. Steve Lacy
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Register is very important. Music sounds best in a certain register. Steve Lacy
Music Best Important Sounds Very Register Certain
Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention. Steve Lacy
People Some People Invention Some More Performers Just Want Interested Mozart Really Play
The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It happened with anybody who is really original. Steve Lacy
People Threat Seems Something More Catch Until Up Anybody Happened Really Who Original Monk
There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language. Steve Lacy
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They call me before they go into production, when they have a prototype, and they call legitimate saxophonists, too. As opposed to the other kind. Steve Lacy
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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
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What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged. Steve Lacy
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