"I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone."

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"When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now."

Imitation

"They call me before they go into production, when they have a prototype, and they call legitimate saxophonists, too. As opposed to the other kind."

Production

"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."

Appetite

"The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity."

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"Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it."

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"Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with."

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"When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a very esoteric type of thing."

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