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Um, so I had to really think about, like
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Listening to Kenny G

Um, so I had to really thinkabout, like, what is my intellectual...(CHUCKLES) ...artistic...

Um, so I had to really think
about, like, what is my intellectual...
(CHUCKLES) ...artistic relationship
to Kenny G's music?

Full Transcript

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Um, so I had to really think about, like,
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what is my intellectual... (CHUCKLES)
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...artistic relationship to Kenny G's music?
Duration
9 seconds
Views
116
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:39
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
HBO Documentary Films,The Ringer Films,Polygram Entertainment

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Movie Summary

An examination of the most popular instrumentalist of all time, Kenny G, and why he is polarizing to so many.
He's just sort of part of the musical furniture - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
He's just sort of part of the musical furniture
♪ ("SILHOUETTE" PLAYING) ♪ - Listening to Kenny G 00:12
♪ ("SILHOUETTE" PLAYING) ♪
And so, I think I associated his music - Listening to Kenny G 00:09
And so, I think I associated his music
(CHUCKLES) - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
(CHUCKLES)
It feels like he's pouring a sidewalk, - Listening to Kenny G 00:11
It feels like he's pouring a sidewalk,
He makes "nice" music for nice people, - Listening to Kenny G 00:09
He makes "nice" music for nice people,
What it makes me feel is that it's just wallpaper. - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
What it makes me feel is that it's just wallpaper.
I get a little knotted up and confused when-- - Listening to Kenny G 00:09
I get a little knotted up and confused when--
With Kenny G's music, what can you say? - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
With Kenny G's music, what can you say?
Sweater on this, over this, would you like better, - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
Sweater on this, over this, would you like better,
PENNY: Um, so my first question for you is, - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
PENNY: Um, so my first question for you is,
I guess, for me, when I listen to music, - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
I guess, for me, when I listen to music,
And I just think about what it takes to make that music - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
And I just think about what it takes to make that music
♪ (SAXOPHONE NOTES PLAYING) ♪ - Listening to Kenny G 00:11
♪ (SAXOPHONE NOTES PLAYING) ♪
I don't think there's anything wrong with hard work, - Listening to Kenny G 00:13
I don't think there's anything wrong with hard wor...
I'm hoping so, - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
I'm hoping so,
(CROWD CHEERING) - Listening to Kenny G 00:13
(CROWD CHEERING)
JASON KING: The 1980s and 1990s represented a peak moment - Listening to Kenny G 00:08
JASON KING: The 1980s and 1990s represented a peak moment
There was an attempt - Listening to Kenny G 00:16
There was an attempt
But he had such a beautiful tone on the saxophone, - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
But he had such a beautiful tone on the saxophone,