Quotes by Steve Lacy

You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good.
– Steve Lacy
You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.
– 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.
– Steve Lacy
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.
– Steve Lacy
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.
– Steve Lacy
I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.
– Steve Lacy