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title: "2 Alcoholic Quotes By Stan Getz"
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> [I'm a recovered alcoholic. I don't do anything anymore, but those things, those things take away ... You're a different personality completely when you take those. For those who are really chemically dependent on anything, it's not you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/i-m-a-recovered-alcoholic-i-don-t-do-anything-anymore-but-those/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

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> [I had a 10-year heroin habit and kicked that. Then I became an alcoholic. I drank two fifth's a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/i-had-a-10-year-heroin-habit-and-kicked-that-then-i-became-an/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

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## Other authors on Alcoholic

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## More by Stan Getz

> [Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/records-used-to-be-documents-but-now-record-companies-want-product/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [Hearing myself so much all the time, I don't think I sound that special all the time because it's me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/hearing-myself-so-much-all-the-time-i-don-t-think-i-sound-that/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/i-cannot-play-a-lie-i-have-to-believe-in-what-i-play-or-it-won-t-come/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/life-is-too-full-of-distractions-nowadays-when-i-was-a-kid-we-had-a/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/the-saxophone-is-an-imperfect-instrument-especially-the-tenor-and/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/if-you-like-an-instrument-that-sings-play-the-saxophone-at-its-best/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/you-don-t-rehearse-jazz-to-death-to-get-the-camera-angles/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [Interaction is what jazz music is all about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/interaction-is-what-jazz-music-is-all-about/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/switch-to-piano-no-really-if-you-like-an-instrument-that-sings-play/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/i-appreciate-men-like-ben-webster-and-coleman-hawkins-very-much/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [People think that I play effortlessly. I remember doing a record date with Bill Evans and afterwards he said to me, you make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/people-think-that-i-play-effortlessly-i-remember-doing-a-record-date/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/there-are-four-qualities-essential-to-a-great-jazzman-they-are-taste/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/when-i-m-alcohol-free-now-and-even-to-see-the-world-around-me-i/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [I've always regretted the fact that I've never formally studied and learned the mechanics of writing music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/i-ve-always-regretted-the-fact-that-i-ve-never-formally-studied-and/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

> [You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/you-can-read-all-the-textbooks-and-listen-to-all-the-records-but-you/)

[Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/)

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