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.”

“I don't go to clubs. I don't know what club mixes are supposed to sound like.”

“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.”

“I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.”

“I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart.”

“The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced.”

“Sure, I love people, and I want to communicate with people. 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.”

“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.”

“I've never really played golf. 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.”

“I was really amazed when I started hearing 'Songbird' on the radio. I couldn't believe that the record company promotion department had actually convinced radio music directors to play it -because there wasn't anything like it on the radio at the time.”

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

“I really create everything I do from the heart.”

“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.”

“Grover Washington was my main influence, and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.”

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

“Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.”