Top 26 Quotes by Lee Konitz

A lot of bands were doing remotes from ballrooms around the country.

Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another.

It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music.

Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods.

You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.

I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.

A first love always occupies a special place.

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.

Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz.

I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.