20th-century Saxophonist Quotes

John Coltrane

Charlie Parker

Cannonball Adderley

Pharoah Sanders

John Hagee

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

Benny Green (saxophonist)

The only way God could impose peace on the world would be to robotize our wills and rob every human being of the power of choice. He has not chosen to do that. He has given every person a free will.

A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous! Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years!

Cannonball Adderley

It's just music. It's playing clean and looking for the pretty notes.

No matter what... it is with God. He is gracious and merciful. His way is in love, through which we all are. It is truly—A Love Supreme.

A true gentleman is a man who knows how to play the bagpipes – but doesn't

The creator has a master plan,
Peace and happiness for every man.

Pharoah Sanders