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Lee Konitz

"I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound."

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"I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound."

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Donna Grant

"Sound.Noisethe air employs.Melodies sweet.Tweet, tweet, tweet.Soft. Loud.A roaring crowd.Cluck. Caw. Crow.Tet, tet. Tis, tis.Guttural growl.Harrowing howl.Drip, drip, drip.Tap, tap, tap.Moan and groan.Endless drone.Ding, dang, dong.A church bell song.Vibrations in my earto hear.Sound."

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Donna Grant

"I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer."

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Donna Grant

"When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves."

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Donna Grant

"I want to take some jams and really concentrate on hooking up with Page because, since he's the only one not next to me, and his sound is mainly coming from my monitor rather than through the air, it's a little harder for me to hook up with him."

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Donna Grant

"I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener."

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Donna Grant

"That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound."

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Donna Grant

"The sound has grown and sweetened over the years as well, and you can hear it on many of my recordings and, most likely, will see and hear me playing it if you come to a live show."

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Donna Grant

"And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find."

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Donna Grant

"Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective."

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Donna Grant

"I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops."

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Lee Konitz
"I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound."

Sound

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Lee Konitz
"I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double."

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Lee Konitz
"I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard."

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Lee Konitz
"Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula."

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Lee Konitz
"I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically."

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Lee Konitz
"You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn."

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Lee Konitz
"It's very demanding to make up your own music."

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Lee Konitz
"As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz."

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Lee Konitz
"Sound is the first thing that we tune into."

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Lee Konitz
"I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that."

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