"I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it"
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The intent is disarmingly practical. Kenny G has spent decades being both massively popular and relentlessly mocked, a shorthand for “easy listening” that critics treat as aesthetic malpractice. “If it feels right” doubles as defense and revelation. It implies he’s not chasing approval from gatekeepers; he’s chasing a sensation - the internal click that says the melody is doing its job. That’s also how smooth jazz works on listeners: it doesn’t demand interpretation so much as it offers relief.
The subtext is a quiet rebuke to intellectualized taste-making. He’s insisting that pleasure counts as evidence. At the same time, it’s a carefully noncommittal creed: “feels right” can sanctify instinct, but it can also excuse repetition, comfort, and the avoidance of risk. That ambiguity is the point. Kenny G’s career is a case study in how far intuition and consistency can carry you when the audience wants a mood more than a message. In an attention economy built on hot takes, he’s selling the oldest pitch in music: trust your ear.
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G, Kenny. (2026, January 16). I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-approach-everything-in-my-life-the-same-way-if-103952/
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G, Kenny. "I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-approach-everything-in-my-life-the-same-way-if-103952/.
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"I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-approach-everything-in-my-life-the-same-way-if-103952/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.








