Quotes by Lee Konitz

A first love always occupies a special place. (Lee Konitz)

After playing now for 60 years, its still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way. (Lee Konitz)

As soon as I play full bodied, I block out the rest of the sound. I'm just looking for the right note to fit the chords I'm hearing. (Lee Konitz)

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. Thats why I wanted the clarinet. (Lee Konitz)

I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually. (Lee Konitz)

I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound. (Lee Konitz)

I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that theres a combination of notes that makes a sound. (Lee Konitz)

I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane. (Lee Konitz)

I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart. (Lee Konitz)

I love Indian music very much, but I havent studied that specifically. (Lee Konitz)