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Freddie Hubbard has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• 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…
• Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow. If you…
• I used to try to play like [Miles Davis], and Miles caught me copying him one night at Birdland. He said, 'Hey…
• Jazz isn't like pop, where you sell millions of records with a hit. Your spirit and soul aren't important in pop music.…
• Man, you'd be surprised how much I'm learning - not only about myself, but about the musicians who came before me. You…
• 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]…
• 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…

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