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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
Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music.
David Sanborn
As a melody instrument player, it's all about getting from one note to the next, and those intervals and how you navigate your way through these vertical structures of chords. You realize that everything's moving forward, and it's all linear.
David Sanborn
Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.
David Sanborn
Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.
David Sanborn
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
To me, the object of practicing is to allow you to play what you hear. But you're always hearing new things, so you never get to the end of it.
David Sanborn
Instrumental music is increasingly marginalized and there's just no outlet, there's no venue for it, in terms of media.
David Sanborn
You're only as good as your last record.
David Sanborn
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
Everyone goes through the ups and downs of living - fretting about the future, worrying about what happened. Music teaches us how to be in the moment.
David Sanborn
I tend to play in a way that feels natural to me. To me that's authentic for myself. I play by where I'm led by some sense of where I feel I'm supposed to be.
David Sanborn
Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.
David Sanborn
I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personality and sending it back out there. That's the process.
David Sanborn
I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.'
David Sanborn
When I make records, I never listen to stuff after it's done. Ever.
David Sanborn