I have been able to get a small audience. It’s not the huge audience, but it’s enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that. Lee Konitz Read Quote
Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He’s a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz. Lee Konitz Read Quote
I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double. Lee Konitz Read Quote
You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you’ll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn. Lee Konitz Read Quote
I listen to classical music very much. There’s a lot of jazz that I don’t enjoy listening to. Lee Konitz Read Quote
We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out. Lee Konitz Read Quote
After playing now for 60 years, it’s still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way. Lee Konitz Read Quote
Out of Coltrane’s whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods. Lee Konitz Read Quote
