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Jazz Quotes by Stan Getz
- It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you talk extemporaneously with…
- I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be...
- 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,…
- 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.
- I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.
- 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…
- Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.
- When I got this saxophone, it became a religion. There wasn't TV, there wasn't much money, and there was just a real dedication.... I never…
- You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.
- The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.
- Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz.
- As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.
- I like to hear the brass vibrate in the sound, not the reed. I like a dark sound, which is contrary to what just about…
- Interaction is what jazz music is all about.
- The whole thing you're taught in jazz is the spontaneity of it. That's what I really love about jazz.
- When you work with a good composer, you don't tell him what to write. If he knows your playing, he will do what he thinks…
- I like to play totally by ear, knowing the basic structure, of course.
More Jazz Quotes
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong
- You blows who you is. — Louis Armstrong
- The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. — Louis Armstrong
- It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and… — Johann Sebastian Bach
- I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
- I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat,… — Travis Barker
- And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. — Travis Barker
- Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. — Ludwig van Beethoven
- Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. — Warren G. Bennis
- I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned… — Steven Adler