Steve Lacy

The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.

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.

It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

I think I was supposed to play jazz.