120 Quotes by David Sanborn

While St. Louis is technically regarded as part of the Mid-West, it's actually - geographically and emotionally - more part of the South. I mean, the sensibility of St. Louis is really very much that of a Southern Mississippi river-town.

While I believe my background makes me one of the most qualified people there is for this position, the convergence of a number of factors bring me to the conclusion that I cannot effectively serve my country, you, and the U.S. maritime industry.

Well, if I'm really playing, I'm hopefully not thinking.

Well, I did all the pre-production and I did full demos of all the songs and then I took it into the studio and played it for all the guys and then we kind of took that as the template and did the album live very quickly.

To me, a record needs to have a focus. It needs to have a core.

I started out, obviously, as a sideman, and I had some really good gigs as a sideman.

The music is going to change anyway, whether or not the record companies get behind it or not. The music is there, and it's happening, and it's going on out there.

You might have a slight edge in terms of leverage if you've had some past success, but I don't think that really goes very far.

They thought there was a market out there for instrumental music. They were trying to broaden their roster of artists. I got in on that.