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

Love, Play

39

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

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

Exlpore more Love quotes

"When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Love, Force, Man

"In the morning, when he entered my room, I grumbled, but he was like the sunlight to me, all the same. One cannot defend oneself against those brats. They take hold of you, they hold you fast, they never let you go again. The truth is, that there never was a cupid like that child."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Love, Childhood, Joy, Emotion

"I see enormous loves growing immense and finally crushing me."

Anais Nin, American Author

Love, Growth, Strength, Emotion

"Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Love, Jealousy, Self

"Anger flees when the Spirit's fruit fills our hearts."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Love, Anger, Emotion, When

"If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Love, Heart, Lies

"Where they come in the spirit of perpetual giving - the house that love built."

T. F. Hodge, American Motivational Speaker

Love, Giving, Spirit, Home

"Sometimes love doesn't look like what we think it should look like. Sometimes it's paradoxical. Sometimes we have to step outside our comfort zone. Sometimes we have to be more honest than we thought we'd ever have to be or more supportive than we are taught is appropriate. When we traverse those boundaries, that's when we really understand what this whole love thing is all about. We become more than just human. We become part of the giant, beautiful ever-changing reality of life. By loving without limits, we become wise, strong, and beautiful. We become more of what we already are."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

Love, Limit, Honesty, Support

"You know you are in pure love when you see only the beauty inside you and all around you."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Love, Beauty, Pure, Perception

"There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Love, People

Explore more quotes by Steve Lacy

"Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first."

First

"You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good."

First

"I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz."

History

"I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever."

History

"I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music."

Music

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

Music

"You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others."

Work

"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

"If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up."

People

"It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up."

Sound