Stan Getz quotes

Stan Getz was an American jazz saxophonist, renowned for his warm tone and lyrical playing style. His collaborations helped popularize bossa nova music in the United States, especially through hits like "The Girl from Ipanema." He became one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz saxophone. Here are 12 of his quotes:

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.

Stan Getz

You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.

Stan Getz

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

Stan Getz

As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.

Stan Getz

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

Stan Getz

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

Stan Getz

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.

Stan Getz

A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.

Stan Getz

My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room.

Stan Getz

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

Stan Getz