Lee Konitz Quotes

You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you’ll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.

We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.

Sound is the first thing that we tune into.

Out of Coltrane’s whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods.

Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.

Many people do think it’s naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I’m not saying one way is better than another.