A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, — Steve Lacy
I’ve performed solo for 20 years now, but I don’t do much of it, because if you only play alone — Steve Lacy
I’ve always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. — Steve Lacy
I’ve been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. — Steve Lacy
I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn’t my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down. — Steve Lacy
Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. — Steve Lacy
Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. — Steve Lacy
Kenny g, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways. — Steve Lacy