American - Musician | June 5, 1956 -
I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart.
Kenny G
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It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.
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What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.
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Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope that people can feel the emotion of the great melodies, even without the words.
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The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced.
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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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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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Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.
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The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
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I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.
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I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.
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I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.
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