Author Profile
Kenny G
1956 • American • Musician
43
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Collected Meditations
Showing 43 quotesGenerally, 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
If you go to Tiananmen Square, or go to any public area in China, you will hear my music at some point.— Kenny G
With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels like part of my body, and I just express myself. That's where I want to get in golf.— Kenny G
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
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
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
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
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
You can't just walk away when somebody recognizes you. You have to take some time out and talk to them. It's not a waste of time - I just love talking to people. And I don't do this to sell records. The truth is, I do what I do because I love it.— Kenny G
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
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
I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.— Kenny G