This was during a period when I was producing Brazil '66 records and got infected by Brazilian music. — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
You can have a great lyric and a so-so melody; it's going to be a tough sell. — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit. — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play. — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians.… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing,… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that… — Herb Alpert Copy Share
When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that's… — Herb Alpert Copy Share
There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial. — Herb Alpert Copy Share
I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play. — Herb Alpert Copy Share
The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm… — Herb Alpert Copy Share
I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose. — Herb Alpert Copy Share
If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones… — Herb Alpert Copy Share
I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing, what you're… — Herb Alpert Copy Share
I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit. — Herb Alpert Copy Share
I play every day. It's like a habit for me now. I just, if I don't play, I kind of miss - something's off. — Herb Alpert Copy Share
Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived. — Herb Alpert Copy Share
