Jazz Quote by Stan Getz Download Open image “I like to play totally by ear, knowing the basic structure, of course.” — Stan Getz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Jazz Music Stan getz
I play by ear - I'm self-taught. And so everything I do is through that technique. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I feel like I always had an ear. I have the ability and the gift to hear a song and really play it in… — Jeremih Copy Share Image
I learned when I started to study piano that I could play by ear. I could hear a song on the radio a couple… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
I never really know what I'm playing. I just follow what sounds good in my head and keep going. — Daniel Powter Copy Share Image
I'm hungry to learn, so I always have my big ears open fully, ready to learn every single minute when I play. — Hiromi Uehara Copy Share Image
Everyone tells me to play as long as you can. Sometimes, it goes in one ear and out the other. — Gary Speed Copy Share Image
On playing guitar: I can play piano by ear, and some guitar. But I definitely havent mastered either instrument. I do it for fun… — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn… — John Oates 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 Image
I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out. — 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. We were… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
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 Image
If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. — 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 voice. Of… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
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 Image
There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
Growing up in Iceland, it was very beautiful, very safe, but quite isolated. There was something about jazz music that had a way of… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and moans are… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
It's bluesy, rocky jazz. I call it soul music, but it's not James Brown soul music. It comes from my soul. It comes from… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
