Art Quote by Stan Getz

Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz.

— Stan Getz

You have to be able to play: this is spontaneous interaction, and it flexes all the creative muscles you need as a writer. And…

— Catherine Brady

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

The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated…

— Stan Getz

Jazz is the art of thinking out loud.

— Barbara Januszkiewicz

In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the…

— Chet Baker

Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand.

— Jake Shimabukuro

One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that improvisation is…

— Damien Chazelle

Jazz is an art form that depends on its antecedents, there must be respect for the people that have gone before.

— Jon Hendricks

We grew up with musicians coming over jamming. We had tons of instruments. So holidays were always like, 50 people would come over, and…

— Elisabeth Moss

I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs

— Lenny Breau

It was liberating to do comedy. It felt like playing in a jazz band.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu