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Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing.

~David Sanborn

Topics: Art Dance Experience Express Expression How Individuality Interpret Matter Music Out Sculpture See Send Singing Take Whether World You

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Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

~David Sanborn

Topics: Am Expression Just Just Kind Kind Music Who I Am

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As a melody instrument player, it's all about getting from one note to the next, and those intervals and how you navigate your way through these vertical structures of chords. You realize that everything's moving forward, and it's all linear.

~David Sanborn

Topics: About Chords Everything Forward Getting How Instrument Intervals Linear Melody Moving Moving Forward Navigate Next Note Player Realize Structures Those Through Vertical Way You Your

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When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass.

~David Sanborn

Topics: Acoustic Bass Because Changes Degree Different Different Kind Dynamic Electric Ensemble Everybody Forces Greater Just Kind Nuance Play Really Record Sensitivity Spectrum Than Tone You

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You're only as good as your last record.

~David Sanborn

Topics: Good Last Only Record You Your

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Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what?

~David Sanborn

Topics: Always Guess Jazz Little Opposed Phrase Smooth Uneasy Well

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Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

~David Sanborn

Topics: About Alone Enough Finding Knowing Leave Lifelong Note Place Quest Right Right Place Well Well Enough

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Instrumental music is increasingly marginalized and there's just no outlet, there's no venue for it, in terms of media.

~David Sanborn

Topics: Increasingly Instrumental Just Marginalized Media Music Outlet Terms Venue

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I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.'

~David Sanborn

Topics: Actually Affection Along Back Ever First Generation Group Heard Jazz Kid Live Louis Most Music My Generation Players Real Silver St. Louis Think I Think

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Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.

~David Sanborn

Topics: Any Black Black Community Came Community Growing Growing Up Interest Me Music Ninety-Nine Ninety-Nine Percent Out Percent Up

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: July 30th, 1945

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