Lee Konitz Quotes

I Listen To Classical Music Very Much. There's A Lot Of Jazz That I Don't Enjoy Listening To.

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.

I Love Indian Music Very Much, But I Haven't Studied That Specifically.

I Just Completed A Tour In Europe. I Played Every Night. This Requires Traveling Some Days For Six Hours In A Van Or A Train Or A Car. After Six Weeks Of That, I Checked Into The Hotel And Just Fell Apart.

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.

I Always Felt As A Horn Player, A Jam Session Wasn't Satisfying Enough For Me. I Should Have Been A Rhythm Section Player, Actually.

Benny Goodman Was One Of The Big Influences As A Clarinet Player. That's Why I Wanted The Clarinet.

Out Of Coltrane's Whole History, There Are Things Which I Think Are Great From All The Periods.

We All Learn From Each Other, And I Never Really Hung Out With Guys In That Way, So I Missed Out.

I'd Like To Feel That Whatever I Play Is A Result Of Whatever I've Heard.

A First Love Always Occupies A Special Place.

Names And Theoretical Things Don't Occur To Me. If They Do, I'm Not Doing My Real Playing Mode.