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David Sanborn
David Sanborn
American Musician
Born: Jul 30, 1945
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Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing. David Sanborn
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When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass. David Sanborn
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Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music. David Sanborn
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Music is like an open sky. You know it's out there... and there you are. David Sanborn
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I think that, given a real choice, people would like to hear something interesting, not something bland and right down the middle. David Sanborn
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Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what? David Sanborn
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When I make records, I never listen to stuff after it's done. Ever. David Sanborn
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In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn. David Sanborn
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I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is. David Sanborn
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While St. Louis is technically regarded as part of the Mid-West, it's actually - geographically and emotionally - more part of the South. I mean, the sensibility of St. Louis is really very much that of a Southern Mississippi river-town. David Sanborn
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I was actually in an iron lung for about a year, and then I was paralysed from the neck down for another year after that. So I spent a lotta time just lying down as a kid. And some of my earliest memories from then are of listening to the radio. David Sanborn
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I didn't try to think what my audience wanted and then make the music accordingly. I made the music and hoped that as many people liked it as possible. David Sanborn
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It's tough to be in a relationship with a musician, because it reads sometimes as this ego and self-involvement when it's really just concentration and focus. David Sanborn
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When you see the same familiar faces, it's nice when you get a chance to play with the same musicians. You start to develop this shorthand so everybody knows where you're at and where you're going, but then again, there are always surprises. But the more people are comfortable with the material, the more free you can be with the music. David Sanborn
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It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of is it's music where a lot of different elements are played at the same time. The harmonic, the melodic... You're pushing the boundaries on every level. That could be true of rhythm and blues as well. I'm a musician. David Sanborn
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I have a certain temperament, a disposition that I think lends itself to not playing outside the lines that much. But I do test the boundaries, certainly, and break one or two of my own. Some people are mystified by it, but not me. David Sanborn
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In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn. Don't dismiss something out of hand because you think it's either beneath you or outside of the realm of where your interests lie. David Sanborn
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I think a valid approach to being a musician is to take all of the experience of your life and filter it through your personality and send it back out there, and that's what art is. David Sanborn
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When you're on stage, unless you surrender to the moment, you're not telling the truth. I look for people that tell me the truth. David Sanborn
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I became a musician because I love music, and that is what has sustained me; it's not because I thought it was a great way to make a living. Music saved my life. David Sanborn
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