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I mean, what is music anyway? It's a form of communication - at least for me it is. And that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.
- Kenny G
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#Me
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What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.
- Kenny G
#Communication
#Hope
#Music
#People
#Why
I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion.
- Kenny G
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#Always
#Being
#Road
#Studio
Grover Washington was my main influence, and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.
- Kenny G
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#Influence
#Jazz
#Listening
If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself.
- Kenny G
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#Lose
#Make
#Mistake
#Myself
Sure, I love people, and I want to communicate with people. I mean, what is music anyway? It's a form of communication - at least for me it is. And that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.
- Kenny G
#Communication
#Hope
#Love
#Me
#Music
It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.
- Kenny G
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#True
#Until
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I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I get into a space where I never think about the notes I've already played or anticipate the notes ahead.
- Kenny G
#Ahead
#Mouth
#Music
#Never
#Space
Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.
- Kenny G
#Anything Is Possible
#Possible
#Work
I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.
- Kenny G
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#Control
#Learned
#Simply
#Vibes
Any saxophone player will have those influences come through in their music in a very different way. I can listen to the same 10 sax players as someone else for my entire life, and we'll both play completely differently. That's the beauty of being a musician.
- Kenny G
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#Life
#Music
#Way
#Will
The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
- Kenny G
#Jazz
#Music
#New
#Nice
#Surprise
Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.
- Kenny G
#Business
#Good Song
#Good
#Music
#Song
I was really amazed when I started hearing 'Songbird' on the radio. I couldn't believe that the record company promotion department had actually convinced radio music directors to play it -because there wasn't anything like it on the radio at the time.
- Kenny G
#Believe
#Company
#Music
#Radio
#Time
Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.
- Kenny G
#Influence
#Jazz
#Listening
#More
#Well
I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.
- Kenny G
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#Fine
#Jazz
#Means
#Think
I really create everything I do from the heart.
- Kenny G
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#Everything
#Heart
#Really
Generally, I like Indian music because the melodies are usually not too complex, which is how I like music, and that's the way I write music.
- Kenny G
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#Indian Music
#Like
#Music
#Way
When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time.
- Kenny G
#Audience
#Feel
#Follow
#Live
#Time
I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.
- Kenny G
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#Fine
#Jazz
#Me
#People
That's my ideal day, time with my boys.
- Kenny G
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#Ideal
#Parenting
#Time
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