When I make records, I never listen to stuff after it's done. Ever.

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• David Sanborn:

  In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual stu

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  I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't li

• David Sanborn:

  I tend to play in a way that feels natural to me. To me that's authentic for myself. I play by wher

• David Sanborn:

  I always wanna be in the process of evolving and growing.

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  While St. Louis is technically regarded as part of the Mid-West, it's actually - geographically and

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• David Sanborn:

  If you're playing with somebody from another idiom, you can't react to them in the same way that yo

• David Sanborn:

  All the music that I've made in the past I've believed in. I think some of it has been more commerc

• David Sanborn:

  I didn't try to think what my audience wanted and then make the music accordingly. I made the music

• David Sanborn:

  Music is like an open sky. You know it's out there... and there you are.