Quotes & Sayings About Saxophonists

I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have ruined a generation of trumpeters. — Paul Bley

They call me before they go into production, when they have a prototype, and they call legitimate saxophonists, too. As opposed to the other kind. — Steve Lacy

Steve Marcus was one of the greatest saxophonists in all of music. He truly was able to unite jazz with the popular music of the time. — Larry Coryell

The saxophone is the cocaine of the woodwind family, the sax teacher continues. Saxophonists are admired because they are dangerous, because they have explored a darker, more sinister side of themselves. — Eleanor Catton