--- title: "3 Stuart Hamm Quotes" description: "Stuart Hamm has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/stuart-hamm-80153_avant-garde_i-grew-up-mostly-in-champaign-illinois-m_568707.jpg" --- # Stuart Hamm **3** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Stuart Hamm > [I grew up mostly in Champaign, Illinois. My dad was at the University of East Illinois, so I was always around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-hamm/i-grew-up-mostly-in-champaign-illinois-my-dad-was-at-the-university/) [Stuart Hamm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-hamm/) [Avant garde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/avant-garde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/stuart-hamm-80153_avant-garde_i-grew-up-mostly-in-champaign-illinois-m_568707.jpg) > [You never know that this is the moment when you're in the moment. When I was sixteen I moved to a smaller…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-hamm/you-never-know-that-this-is-the-moment-when-you-re-in-the-moment-when/) [Stuart Hamm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-hamm/) [Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/stuart-hamm-80153_band_you-never-know-that-this-is-the-moment-w_960832.jpg) > [You look back, and it was important to bring back instrumental music, and it was great to be a part of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-hamm/you-look-back-and-it-was-important-to-bring-back-instrumental-music/) [Stuart Hamm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-hamm/) [Destined](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destined/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/stuart-hamm-80153_destined_you-look-back-and-it-was-important-to-br_2048180.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-hamm/#itemlist", "name": "Stuart Hamm Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up mostly in Champaign, Illinois. 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