Freddie Hubbard

Man, you'd be surprised how much I'm learning - not only about myself, but about the musicians who came before me. You…

— Freddie Hubbard

Dizzy used to tell me I'm playing too hard. He'd say to not give everything. Miles told me that too.

— Freddie Hubbard

Dizzy used to tell me that I am playing too hard. He used to say to not give everything. Miles used to…

— Freddie Hubbard

I used to try to play like [Miles Davis], and Miles caught me copying him one night at Birdland. He said, 'Hey…

— Freddie Hubbard

We all kind of grew up together with Art Blakey because we all were young and he gave us a chance to…

— Freddie Hubbard

Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow. If you…

— Freddie Hubbard

I'm going to Yoshi's. I'm taking a few gigs. I'm playing. I'm not going to play all the time. I'm going to…

— Freddie Hubbard

When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it…

— Freddie Hubbard

When you are trying to do something when you are getting started and you are trying to make records for the first…

— Freddie Hubbard

When I got started in New York, if you were different from Miles & Dizzy it was very difficult.

— Freddie Hubbard

Yes, I can play. I can play. I can't play as long as I did and as hard, but I don't think…

— Freddie Hubbard

I quite drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.

— Freddie Hubbard

They always want to sell me as a hard bopper.

— Freddie Hubbard

I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.

— Freddie Hubbard

Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he…

— Freddie Hubbard

That was the biggest thrill, going over to these guy's houses and having them want me to practice with them and they…

— Freddie Hubbard

[Lee Morgan] was the only young cat that scared me when he played. He had so much fire and natural feeling. I…

— Freddie Hubbard

Jazz isn't like pop, where you sell millions of records with a hit. Your spirit and soul aren't important in pop music.…

— Freddie Hubbard

I had heard Ornette a couple of times, but I didn't really know where he was coming from until we started the…

— Freddie Hubbard

I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.

— Freddie Hubbard

I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something.

— Freddie Hubbard

A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but Sweets [Edison]…

— Freddie Hubbard