Lee Konitz

“I wish that person outside would stop coughing.”

“I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.”

“In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.”

“A first love always occupies a special place.”

“I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.”