Author: 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

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

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

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

- Stan Getz

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

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

- Stan Getz

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

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

- Stan Getz

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