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

Kenny G

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Kenny G
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: June 5
Composer
Jazz Musician
Saxophonist
Seattle
Washington
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick
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Jazz
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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.
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I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.
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I practice my saxophone three hours a day. I'm not saying I'm particularly special, but if you do something three hours a day for forty years, you get pretty good at it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.
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The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
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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.
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That's my ideal day, time with my boys.
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Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better.
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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.
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It's important to let each artist do what makes him or her feel comfortable. Success should be a by-product of that.
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I really create everything I do from the heart.
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I approach everything in my life the same way if it feels right, I know it.
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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.
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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.
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There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.
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