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Stan Getz

"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."

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"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."

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A.E. Samaan

"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."

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A.E. Samaan

"Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body."

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A.E. Samaan

"I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?"

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A.E. Samaan

"Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much."

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A.E. Samaan

"I should like these few words to be read over the grave when my body is placed in the earth; for though it is possible I may be present and conscious of what is going on, I shall not be able to communicate."

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A.E. Samaan

"In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or right in my body, and part of my whole exhibitionist thing has probably been a way of testing to see whether or not I really was this repulsive creature that I felt like for so long."

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A.E. Samaan

"We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind."

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A.E. Samaan

"The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind."

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A.E. Samaan

"The body has a mind of its own."

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A.E. Samaan

"If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free."

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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."

Sound

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

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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."

Life

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

Art

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

Death

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

Men

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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."

Sound

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

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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."

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

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