I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
I like to hear the brass vibrate in the sound, not the reed. I like a dark sound, which is contrary to… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
When you work with a good composer, you don't tell him what to write. If he knows your playing, he will do… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it.… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
When I got this saxophone, it became a religion. There wasn't TV, there wasn't much money, and there was just a real… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Switch to piano! No. Really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
The whole thing you're taught in jazz is the spontaneity of it. That's what I really love about jazz. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Hearing myself so much all the time, I don't think I sound that special all the time because it's me. — Stan Getz Copy Share
Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were… — Stan Getz Copy Share
The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect… — Stan Getz Copy Share
If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. — Stan Getz Copy Share
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… — Stan Getz Copy Share
People think that I play effortlessly. I remember doing a record date with Bill Evans and afterwards he said to me, you make it… — Stan Getz Copy Share
There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence. — Stan Getz Copy Share
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… — Stan Getz Copy Share
I've always regretted the fact that I've never formally studied and learned the mechanics of writing music. — Stan Getz Copy Share
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 Copy Share
