If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.
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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
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
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.
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Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.
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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.
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