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Stan Getz (Musician)

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

— Stan Getz men

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 men

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

— Stan Getz art

As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.

— Stan Getz art

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

— Stan Getz play

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 books

We made records to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records. I still feel that way. I put out a record because I think it's beautiful, not necessarily commercial.

— Stan Getz men

You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.

— Stan Getz death

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 dark

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

— Stan Getz men

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 men

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

— Stan Getz men

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 action

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

— Stan Getz men

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