6 Quotes By Steve Lacy


You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.
Steve Lacy on alone

I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.
Steve Lacy on alone

Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.
Steve Lacy on alone

I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.
Steve Lacy on imagination

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.
Steve Lacy on nature

You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good.
Steve Lacy on sad