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 artisticbackchannele Change image and share on social
I always wanna be in the process of evolving and growing. David Sanborn evolvegrowprocess Change image and share on social
I didn't try to think what my audience wanted and then make the music accordingly. I made the music and hoped that as many people liked it as possible. David Sanborn audiencehopemake Change image and share on social
When you're on stage, unless you surrender to the moment, you're not telling the truth. I look for people that tell me the truth. David Sanborn momentpeoplestage Change image and share on social
Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music. David Sanborn conglomeratejazzkind Change image and share on social
I have a certain temperament, a disposition that I think lends itself to not playing outside the lines that much. But I do test the boundaries, certainly, and break one or two of my own. Some people are mystified by it, but not me. David Sanborn boundarybreakdisposition share on social
I think a valid approach to being a musician is to take all of the experience of your life and filter it through your personality and send it back out there, and that's what art is. David Sanborn approachartback Change image and share on social
In most of the stuff that I've done over the years as a sideman, I wasn't really a session musician, because to me, a session musician is a guy who makes his living in the studio, and I never really did that. David Sanborn guyhavelive share on social
When I was 17 or 18 and it was time to figure out what to do with my life, I realized that I didn't enjoy anything as much as I enjoyed playing music. I felt that I had no choice: that I had to become a musician. David Sanborn choiceenjoyfelt share on social
Music is like an open sky. You know it's out there... and there you are. David Sanborn musicopensky Change image and share on social
