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Stan Getz Quotes

American - Musician | February 2, 1927 - June 6, 1991

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

Best Voice You Play Human Saxophone

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.

Challenge Body Your Body Outside Far

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

Better Musicians You Play Listen

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

Good Ideas Friends Conversation Like

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

Art Conversation Satisfaction Jazz

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

Men Appreciate Like Much Very Ben

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.

You Sound Got Bass Even Era

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

Mickey Mouse Kinds Mouse Played

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 Choice More Kid Radio Little

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.

Dark More Sound Always Room Than

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

Now Want Product Used Records

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.

Beautiful Think Feel Way Out Sell

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