Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it. — Steve Lacy
It starts with a single sound. If there’s something in that sound, then it’s worth continuing. — Steve Lacy
If you’re trying to invent something new, you’re going to reach a lot of discouraging points — Steve Lacy
Some people really want to play mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention. — Steve Lacy
When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. — Steve Lacy
To me, there is spirit in a reed. It’s a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. — Steve Lacy
There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and — Steve Lacy