Stan Getz Quotations

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.

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

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

I'm a recovered alcoholic. I don't do anything anymore, but those things, those things take away ... You're a different personality completely when you take those. For those who are really chemically dependent on anything, it's not you.

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.

I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be...

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.

I've always regretted the fact that I've never formally studied and learned the mechanics of writing music.

I learn something new every day.

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...