Art Quotes

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication in music"

"Art is the expression of ideas in beautiful form"

"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."

"Technique is something you acquire through time and experience, but style is something that comes from within."

"The melody is everything. Everything else is just decoration."

"A real musician plays from the heart, not from the head."

"The notes are just ink on paper. The music is what's inside you."

"The bandstand is the stage where musicians prove their artistry night after night"

"The saxophone speaks the language of human emotion directly"

"I seek to express the inexpressible through my instrument"

"The bandstand is a place where spirit and technique become inseparable"

"The music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom."

"A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his last one."

"The more art is controlled, lit up, and guarded by reason, the more it will flourish."

"I am interested only in my own work."

"Art is not something that does not repeat itself; it always repeats itself."

"My music may be strange to some, but it is honest."

"Every composer has his own language, and I simply speak mine."

"Great music transcends its own time."

"A work of art is never finished, merely abandoned."

"To understand art, one must first understand life."

"The role of the audience is to listen, not to judge."

"A composition is complete when nothing can be removed and nothing added."

"Music without passion is merely notes on paper."

"I think we have only one thing to do - and that is blow as much beauty as we possibly can into the world."

"Seems to me that people who love music the most are the ones who understand life better."

"I hear somebody on the saxophone, and it's not what they're playing, it's the way they're playing it."

"Great music is great because it can be understood by anyone."

"Great music is about having something to say."

"Music without emotion is just mathematics."