Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music. David Sanborn Read Quote
Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all music needs. Especially jazz music, since improvising is one of the cornerstones of what jazz is. And when you smooth it out, you take all the drama out of it. David Sanborn Read Quote
In most of the stuff that I’ve done over the years as a sideman, I wasn’t really a session musician, because to me, a session musician is a guy who makes his living in the studio, and I never really did that. David Sanborn Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Instrumental music is increasingly marginalized and there’s just no outlet, there’s no venue for it, in terms of media. David Sanborn Read Quote
I kinda always wanted to be a tenor player, but I’m a small guy, and tenor was just too big. David Sanborn Read Quote
My drummer, Gene Lake, is Oliver Lake’s son. So I certainly have wide tastes, in not only what I listen to, but what I play as well. David Sanborn Read Quote
All the music that I’ve made in the past I’ve believed in. I think some of it has been more commercially successful than others, but it wasn’t premeditated. David Sanborn Read Quote
