Freddie Hubbard Quotes

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• Dizzy used to tell me I'm playing too hard. He'd say to not give everything. Miles told me that too.
• When I got started in New York, if you were different from Miles & Dizzy it was very difficult.
• They always want to sell me as a hard bopper.
• [Lee Morgan] was the only young cat that scared me when he played. He had so much fire and natural feeling. I had more technique,…
• Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow. If you are going to…
• I used to try to play like [Miles Davis], and Miles caught me copying him one night at Birdland. He said, 'Hey man, why don't…
• Jazz isn't like pop, where you sell millions of records with a hit. Your spirit and soul aren't important in pop music. But jazz is…
• Man, you'd be surprised how much I'm learning - not only about myself, but about the musicians who came before me. You don't realize at…
• I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.
• A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but Sweets [Edison] is right up…
• I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.
• We all kind of grew up together with Art Blakey because we all were young and he gave us a chance to write. We had…
• Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody…
• Dizzy used to tell me that I am playing too hard. He used to say to not give everything. Miles used to tell me that…
• I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something.
• I had heard Ornette a couple of times, but I didn't really know where he was coming from until we started the record and it…
• I quite drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.
• 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 take it easy…
• That was the biggest thrill, going over to these guy's houses and having them want me to practice with them and they would show me…
• When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it was very difficult…

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