120 Quotes by David Sanborn

It's tough to be in a relationship with a musician, because it reads sometimes as this ego and self-involvement when it's really just concentration and focus.

It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of is it's music where a lot of different elements are played at the same time. The harmonic, the melodic... You're pushing the boundaries on every level. That could be true of rhythm and blues as well. I'm a musician.

The audience is interested in different stuff, not the same old, same old.

No, it's unfair to the musicians and the people that work for the record labels, because they're scrambling to make their numbers every month or three months, or they're out of a job.

I hope this doesn't sound like false humility, because I don't mean it to, but I'm just a member of the band.

I love working with these guys. But I certainly don't begrudge them when they want to go off and do their own stuff.

I'm trying to kind of keep my mind a blank for a while, and just see what filters in, and be non-specific about what I listen to.

I'm moved by a lot of different kinds of music, whether it's pop music or R&B or straight-ahead jazz or free or opera or music from all parts of the world.

I'm just saying that the basic concept of creative freedom and growth creatively is a continuous process.