“Grover Washington was my main influence, and when I went to college, I...” — Kenny G Quote

Grover Washington was my main influence, and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.

The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.

Generally, I like Indian music because the melodies are usually not too complex, which is how I like music, and that's the way I write music.

I'm very serious about what I do. I practice every day for three hours. I work on my scales; I work on my tone. But otherwise, I like to have fun.

I was really amazed when I started hearing 'Songbird' on the radio. I couldn't believe that the record company promotion department had actually convinced radio music directors to play it -because there wasn't anything like it on the radio at the time.

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

I'm into the old school. I listen to rock, soft rock, jazz, old school R&B.

I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is.

If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been.

I'm a trumpet player, and I sing jazz.