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Stan Getz Quotes: "If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.



Stan Getz Quotes: "A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas."

A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.




Stan Getz Quotes: "You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you."

You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.



Stan Getz Quotes: "The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body."

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.




Stan Getz Quotes: "Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz."

Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz.



Stan Getz Quotes: "There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence."

There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.



Stan Getz Quotes: "The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul."

The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.




Stan Getz Quotes: "I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out."

I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out.



Stan Getz Quotes: "I practiced saxophone eight hours a day for the first two years I played."

I practiced saxophone eight hours a day for the first two years I played.



Stan Getz Quotes: "You know, when I'm playing, I think of myself in front of the Wailing Wall with a saxophone in my hands, and I'm davening, I'm really telling it to the Wall."

You know, when I'm playing, I think of myself in front of the Wailing Wall with a saxophone in my hands, and I'm davening, I'm really telling it to the Wall.



Stan Getz Quotes: "Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice."

Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice.



Stan Getz Quotes: "Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product."

Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.




Stan Getz Quotes: "The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated it gets, it's still a melody."

The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated it gets, it's still a melody.



Stan Getz Quotes: "I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got."

I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got.



Stan Getz Quotes: "I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be."

I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be.



Stan Getz Quotes: "I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands."

I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.



Stan Getz Quotes: "I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life."

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.



Stan Getz Quotes: "I've always regretted the fact that I've never formally studied and learned the mechanics of writing music."

I've always regretted the fact that I've never formally studied and learned the mechanics of writing music.



Stan Getz Quotes: "I learn something new every day."

I learn something new every day.



Stan Getz Quotes: "I've done some dastardly things but what can I do except make amends and apologize?"

I've done some dastardly things but what can I do except make amends and apologize?



Stan Getz Quotes: "I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much."

I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.



Stan Getz Quotes: "I learn something new every day - to edit, to take out all the extraneous matter and stress form, logic, and content. I try to play beautiful music."

I learn something new every day - to edit, to take out all the extraneous matter and stress form, logic, and content. I try to play beautiful music.



Stan Getz Quotes: "We recorded to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records."

We recorded to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records.



Stan Getz Quotes: "Hearing myself so much all the time, I don't think I sound that special all the time because it's me."

Hearing myself so much all the time, I don't think I sound that special all the time because it's me.



Stan Getz Quotes: "My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room."

My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room.



Stan Getz Quotes: "I never have any trouble playing anything I can think of. The trouble is in thinking of what to play."

I never have any trouble playing anything I can think of. The trouble is in thinking of what to play.