Alcohol Quote by Stan Getz

Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.

— Stan Getz

Hearing myself so much all the time, I don't think I sound that special all the time because it's me.

— Stan Getz

I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out.

— 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…

— 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…

— Stan Getz

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.

— Stan Getz

You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.

— Stan Getz

Interaction is what jazz music is all about.

— 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…

— Stan Getz

I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.

— 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…

— Stan Getz

There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.

— Stan Getz