Q: It kind of struck me that your career hinged on being a villain on “The Tonight Show” in 1986 and playing “Songbird” – which then became a huge hit on the radio – rather than the song you were supposed to perform. I’ll leave it as is, or I’ll tweak it slightly.’ I can do that with Clive Davis, so if a stranger were to tell me their opinion of what I should do with my music, it would be meaningless to me. I turned my music in and heard Clive Davis telling me different things he wanted: “Kenny, she needs more drums.” And I take it back and think, ‘That’s not right. (laughs) It doesn’t really matter what they say. Kenny G: No, and neither of them, to be honest with you. Q: Have any of the critics featured on “Listen” made any points about your music or addressed something you hadn’t thought of before? That’s not interesting.” But all of a sudden it’s over and we’re now at the Toronto Film Festival. But once you get deeper into me, you’re going, eh, we don’t need to do that. I thought, “Okay, they talked about making this documentary. I still can’t really believe this thing has actually seen the light of day. Kenny G: It’s really on top, like some of those things I mentioned, because it’s not something I thought was going to happen. What is your ranking in the documentary film in terms of life achievements? Q: You’ve sold over 75 million albums, China has embraced your song “Going Home” as a national anthem of sorts, and you’ve even won some golf awards. The Grammy-winning musician, 65, talks with USA TODAY via Zoom from Toronto about the new movie, a significant moment in his career and the last time he got a haircut. “Honestly, the first ten minutes weren’t something I had seen or heard from before, so it wasn’t a big deal.” He was even more offended by Lin listing him My first cheesy video, for 1983’s “Hi, How Ya Doin’?”: “It was awful.
Kenny g music movie#
“When (Lynn) put the movie together, she warned me, ‘You’re going to hate the first 10 minutes, but please get over that and trust me, at the end of the movie, you’ll win,’” says Kenny G. But “Listen” also examines why some people love and others despise Kenny G’s work, allowing many critics to express what is downright distasteful in his smooth jazz. Director Benny Lane’s film (which airs on HBO and HBO Max December 3) chronicles Kenny G’s journey from a Jewish teen in his Seattle high school band to one of the best-selling music artists of all time.