"There are four qualities essential to a great……" — Stan Getz
"There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence."
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35 Quotes by Stan Getz
Stan Getz has 35 quotes on this site.
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The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to…
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It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And…
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You know, when I'm playing, I think of myself in front of the Wailing Wall with a saxophone in my…
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My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut…
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I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be...
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Switch to piano! No. Really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like…
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The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter…
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I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.
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I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the…
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I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.
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Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that…
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Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to…
— Aristotle
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
— Aristotle
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
— Aristotle
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
— Aristotle
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
— Aristotle
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To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.
— Richard Bach
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it…
— Lance Armstrong
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
— Arthur Ashe
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
— Teresa of Avila
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Action is the antidote to despair.
— Joan Baez
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