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

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 quotes: I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.

I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.

Stan Getz quotes: 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.

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

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

Stan Getz quotes: 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.

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

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

Stan Getz quotes: I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.

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

Stan Getz quotes: I had a 10-year heroin habit and kicked that. Then I became an alcoholic. I drank two fifth's a day.

I had a 10-year heroin habit and kicked that. Then I became an alcoholic. I drank two fifth's a day.

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

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

Stan Getz quotes: Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.

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

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

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

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

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

Stan Getz quotes: The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.

The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.

Stan Getz quotes: We recorded to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records.

We recorded to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records.

Stan Getz quotes: I practiced saxophone eight hours a day for the first two years I played.

I practiced saxophone eight hours a day for the first two years I played.

Stan Getz quotes: You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.

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

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

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

Stan Getz quotes: I've done some dastardly things but what can I do except make amends and apologize?

I've done some dastardly things but what can I do except make amends and apologize?

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

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

Stan Getz quotes: I never have any trouble playing anything I can think of. The trouble is in thinking of what to play.

I never have any trouble playing anything I can think of. The trouble is in thinking of what to play.