List of Stan Getz Quotes

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Stan Getz
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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 Sound Rooms
I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.
Band Jazz Kind
I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be...i never tried to imitate anybody, but when you love somebody's music, you're influenced...i really don't know how i developed my sound, but it comes from a combination of my musical conception and no doubt the basic shape of the oral cavity.
Doubt Musical Sound
I appreciate men like ben webster and coleman hawkins very much.
Men Appreciate
Hearing myself so much all the time, i don't think i sound that special all the time because it's me.
Thinking Special Sound
We recorded to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records.
Music Records Jazz
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.
Sound Use Bass
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.
Beautiful Stress Play
I had a 10-year heroin habit and kicked that. then i became an alcoholic. i drank two fifth's a day.
Years Two Habit
When i'm alcohol-free now and even to see the world around me, i appreciate it, but i never truly enjoy too much of it maybe because i feel like i'm a working musician. there are some joyous moments, but i will not think a joyous moment.
Thinking Appreciate Alcohol
Switch to piano! no. really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. at its best it's like the human voice. of course, it would be best if you could actually sing with your own voice. the saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. therefore, the challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument or 'voice' that is outside of your body. i love that challenge and have for over forty-five years. as far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.
Art Piano Years
You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.
Music Cameras Jazz
  • Born: February 2, 1927
  • Died: June 6, 1991
  • Occupation: Saxophonist
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