Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didnt know that at first. – Steve Lacy
Ive performed solo for 20 years now, but I dont do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music. – Steve Lacy
I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed. – Steve Lacy
You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others. – Steve Lacy
I want to be alone and work until the day my heads hits the drawing table and Im dead. Kaput. I feel very much like I want to be with my brother and sister again. Theyre nowhere. I know theyre nowhere and they dont exist, but if nowhere means thats where they are, thats where I want to be. – Maurice Sendak