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Kenny G Quotes
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I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.
Kenny G
Life
,
Same
,
Feels
What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.
Kenny G
Music
,
Hope
,
Play
I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.
Kenny G
Bad
,
Control
,
Learned
I really create everything I do from the heart.
Kenny G
Heart
,
Create
Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.
Kenny G
Music
,
Making
,
Student
Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.
Kenny G
Work
,
Learned
,
Possible
The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced.
Kenny G
Music
,
Best
,
Moment
I just started as a part of the public school music program. I took lessons at the school every Friday and was a part of the school band. I was just a normal kid taking instrumental lessons at school, nothing special.
Kenny G
Music
,
School
,
Nothing
I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I get into a space where I never think about the notes I've already played or anticipate the notes ahead.
Kenny G
Music
,
Started
,
Space
I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.
Kenny G
Means
,
Word
,
Everybody
I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.
Kenny G
Great
,
Playing
,
Golf
I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart.
Kenny G
Heart
,
Public
,
Follow
If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself.
Kenny G
Become
,
Lose
,
Mistake
It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.
Kenny G
True
,
Until
,
Voice
Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better.
Kenny G
Great
,
Mean
,
Play
Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.
Kenny G
Big
,
Deal
,
Jazz
Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.
Kenny G
Music
,
Good
,
Business
That's my ideal day, time with my boys.
Kenny G
Parenting
,
Time
,
Ideal
The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
Kenny G
Music
,
Nice
,
Whole
There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.
Kenny G
Music
,
Enjoy
,
Reason
When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time.
Kenny G
Time
,
Live
,
Play
Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope that people can feel the emotion of the great melodies, even without the words.
Kenny G
Great
,
Hope
,
Words
I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.
Kenny G
Play
,
Sense
,
Word
I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion.
Kenny G
Learned
,
Road
,
Playing
I listen to all the top 20 songs, and top 20 albums, even the rap albums. But I don't like negative messages. If somebody is putting a lot of ego out there, I don't like it. When I make my records I want it to be sincere.
Kenny G
Ego
,
Negative
,
Somebody
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Biography
Nationality:
American
Type:
Musician
Born:
June 5
, 1956
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