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Coleman Hawkins
American
Musician
About the author
If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying.
Coleman Hawkins,
American
Musician
#Mistakes
#Trying
I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play.
Coleman Hawkins,
American
Musician
#Words
#Style
#Play
I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else.
Coleman Hawkins,
American
Musician
#Play
Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor.
Coleman Hawkins,
American
Musician
#People
#Jazz
Music should always be an adventure.
Coleman Hawkins,
American
Musician
#Music
#Adventure