I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.

Kenny G Quotes

American - Musician Born: June 5, 1956

I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes. Kenny G

Control, Bad, Learned

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

Ahead, Notes, About

If you go to Tiananmen Square, or go to any public area in China, you will hear my music at some point. Kenny G

Will, Some, Area

Any saxophone player will have those influences come through in their music in a very different way. I can listen to the same 10 sax players as someone else for my entire life, and we'll both play completely differently. That's the beauty of being a musician. Kenny G

Play, Through, Very

I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart. Kenny G

Public, Responsive, Also

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

Think, Big, Figure

I live my life and play my music, and I don't really seek out other people's approval or accolades or things like that. I try to do what's true to me, and how it all comes out is fine. Kenny G

My Life, Play, Other

It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out. Kenny G

Voice, True, Felt

I really create everything I do from the heart. Kenny G

Create, Everything, Really

That's my ideal day, time with my boys. Kenny G

Time, Parenting, Ideal

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

Jazz, Play, Offended

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

Records, Albums, Putting

I mean, what is music anyway? It's a form of communication - at least for me it is. And that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people. Kenny G

Think, Play, I Think

Unless I've got Katy Perry on the cover of my CD, it's going to be tough to sell a lot of records. Kenny G

Going, Records, CD

Generally, I like Indian music because the melodies are usually not too complex, which is how I like music, and that's the way I write music. Kenny G

Which, Melodies, I Write

I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it. Kenny G

My 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

Think, Play, I Think

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

Religious, Melodies, Purely

The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced. Kenny G

Music, Ever, Contains

I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity. Kenny G

Simple, Play, Notoriety

Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better. Kenny G

Play, Records, Technique

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

Always, Joining, Studio

Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself. Kenny G

Music, Longer, Making

The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise. Kenny G

New, Contemporary Music

When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time. Kenny G

Audience, Play, Going

I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine. Kenny G

Think, Everybody, Means

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