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Steve Lacy Quotes
Page 3 of 3Steve Lacy
July 23, 1934 - June 4, 2004
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician
|  The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It happened with anybody who is really original. | | I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination. | | If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that. | | I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed. | | I was spoiled by Monk's music because it was so good, so complete. | | I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone. |
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