I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play.
Coleman Hawkins
I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else.
Coleman Hawkins
If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying.
Coleman Hawkins
Music should always be an adventure.
Coleman Hawkins
Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor.
Coleman Hawkins
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