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Herbie Mann Quotes
Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you dont have to sacrifice. - Herbie Mann Quotes
Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing. - Herbie Mann Quotes
But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that word means to most people ultimate death - I decided to see what I could do to take that negative and use it in a positive way. - Herbie Mann Quotes
By the time Im 90, I hope to have it together. - Herbie Mann Quotes
For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian. - Herbie Mann Quotes
I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you dont know where the kicks coming from. - Herbie Mann Quotes
I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar. - Herbie Mann Quotes
I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first time I think its really me. - Herbie Mann Quotes
I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel its very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and their health in general. - Herbie Mann Quotes
I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years. - Herbie Mann Quotes
I was too successful. I made too much money. Alternate fringe audiences liked me too much, so obviously that cant be important. - Herbie Mann Quotes
Ive just finished four months of chemotherapy and the chemotherapy worked. Im officially in remission, which Im very happy about. - Herbie Mann Quotes
If you want to play somebodys music, youd better go into his house. - Herbie Mann Quotes
Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love. - Herbie Mann Quotes
My ego is controlled enough that I dont have to be the focus. - Herbie Mann Quotes
My fathers father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania. - Herbie Mann Quotes
My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town. - Herbie Mann Quotes
One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you dont need somebody else to organize them for you. - Herbie Mann Quotes
The music were playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian. - Herbie Mann Quotes
The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine. If your head is not in the right place and you dont think positively, all the medicine technology in the world is not going to work. - Herbie Mann Quotes
Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because theyre active and they talk about it. - Herbie Mann Quotes
To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G. - Herbie Mann Quotes
What I try to do is produce an atmosphere where musicians want to invest in what they do and give to the recording. I hire those musicians who I know will play something creative and interesting. - Herbie Mann Quotes
When you get cancer, its like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything Ive done so far is not as important as what Im going to do now. - Herbie Mann Quotes
Why do you have to retire at 65? Why cant you start at 70? You know, like wine. Why cant music be that way? My new band, were playing stuff thats never been done before. - Herbie Mann Quotes
You dont have to live the blues to play the blues. - Herbie Mann Quotes
You have to be concerned with yourself because if youre not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be. - Herbie Mann Quotes
You know, my mother is 95 and lives alone in Florida. So, you know, I aint ready to throw in the towel. I still have lots of music that I want to do. - Herbie Mann Quotes
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