Quote #4
I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.
More from Paul Desmond
- I have won several prizes as the world's slowest alto player, as well as a special award in 1961 for quietness.
- I tried practicing for a few weeks and ended up playing too fast.
- I hate the way he writes. I kind of love the way he lives, though.
- I was unfashionable before anyone knew who I was.
- I could only write at the beach, and I kept getting sand in my typewriter.
- It's like living in a house where everything's painted red.
- Not for me. If I want to tune everybody out, I just take off my glasses and enjoy the haze.
- Sometimes I get the feeling that there are orgies going on all over New York City, and somebody says, `Let's call Desmond,' and somebody el…