120 Quotes by David Sanborn

When you're on stage, unless you surrender to the moment, you're not telling the truth. I look for people that tell me the truth.

Instrumental music is increasingly marginalized and there's just no outlet, there's no venue for it, in terms of media.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

My drummer, Gene Lake, is Oliver Lake's son. So I certainly have wide tastes, in not only what I listen to, but what I play as well.

I became a musician because I love music, and that is what has sustained me; it's not because I thought it was a great way to make a living. Music saved my life.

In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.

I always wanna be in the process of evolving and growing.

I kinda always wanted to be a tenor player, but I'm a small guy, and tenor was just too big.

I think that, given a real choice, people would like to hear something interesting, not something bland and right down the middle.