64 Quotes by Gerry Mulligan

The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.

When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins

You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.

Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.

You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it

In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you.