Jerome Richardson Quotes

You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can’t play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But some guys do it, and they think it’s O.K., but not so!

I don’t know what I was trying to get out of a tenor – but it never really satisfied me until one day I picked up my alto and I said, “Where have you been?” and I said right here for now on!

Hey, look at this guy Kenny G. with his thing, walking up and down the aisles of the concert hall and running off the stage and playing the same time. It’s old hat!

Each instrument has something to say to you. It’s got its own character. Each horn has its own character and will say to you certain things. If you violate that, it’s almost a sacrilege!