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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.
Stan Getz

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Musician Quotes
Category:
American Musician Quotes
Date of Birth:
February 2, 1927
Date of Death:
June 6, 1991
Nationality:
American
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Select Stan Getz Quotations:
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

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

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

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

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

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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