I learn something new every day. Stan Getz More Quotes by Stan Getz More Quotes From 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 more dedicated. We didn't have a choice. Stan Getz radio choices kids I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life. Stan Getz jazz-and-life music perfection 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 course, it would be best if you could actually sing with your own voice. The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. Therefore, the challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument or 'voice' that is outside of your body. I love that challenge and have for over forty-five years. As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction. Stan Getz piano years art When I'm alcohol-free now and even to see the world around me, I appreciate it, but I never truly enjoy too much of it maybe because I feel like I'm a working musician. There are some joyous moments, but I will not think a joyous moment. Stan Getz appreciate alcohol thinking I've done some dastardly things but what can I do except make amends and apologize? Stan Getz amends apologizing done I learn something new every day - to edit, to take out all the extraneous matter and stress form, logic, and content. I try to play beautiful music. Stan Getz stress play beautiful 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 bass use sound I had a 10-year heroin habit and kicked that. Then I became an alcoholic. I drank two fifth's a day. Stan Getz habit two years We recorded to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records. Stan Getz records jazz music Hearing myself so much all the time, I don't think I sound that special all the time because it's me. Stan Getz special sound thinking 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 sound dark rooms I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be...I never tried to imitate anybody, but when you love somebody's music, you're influenced...I really don't know how I developed my sound, but it comes from a combination of my musical conception and no doubt the basic shape of the oral cavity. Stan Getz musical doubt sound I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands. Stan Getz jazz band kind I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much. Stan Getz appreciate men I never have any trouble playing anything I can think of. The trouble is in thinking of what to play. Stan Getz trouble play thinking We made records to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records. I still feel that way. I put out a record because I think it's beautiful, not necessarily commercial. Stan Getz feel think beautiful way
