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I love the sound of the saxophone. It became my singing voice, and it sounds so human. The saxophone could carry the words past the border of words. It can carry it a little bit farther.

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.

I play saxophone, I play tenor sax.

To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while.

Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same.

When you play a sax, that saxophone is irreverent. It's noisy; it's a trickster... you cannot hide the saxophone in your hands, so it's a good teacher.

As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano.

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.