"Jazz isn't like pop, where you sell millions……" — 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. But jazz is like classical music. If people like you, they'll remember you and you'll last forever."
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Freddie Hubbard
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21 Quotes by Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard has 21 quotes on this site.
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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.
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When I got started in New York, if you were different from Miles & Dizzy it was very difficult.
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They always want to sell me as a hard bopper.
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[Lee Morgan] was the only young cat that scared me when he played. He had so much fire and natural…
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Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow.…
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I used to try to play like [Miles Davis], and Miles caught me copying him one night at Birdland. He…
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Man, you'd be surprised how much I'm learning - not only about myself, but about the musicians who came before…
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I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.
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A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but…
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I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace…
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We all kind of grew up together with Art Blakey because we all were young and he gave us a…
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Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my…
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More Classical Quotes
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I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.
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Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.
— Bjork
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I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to…
— Tony Blair
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Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy,…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I did a pop album, 'Sogno,' in 1999. I think it's important to record another pop album because many people…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances,…
— Dave Brubeck
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When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes…
— Dave Brubeck
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I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real…
— Nicolas Cage
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I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for…
— Paulo Coelho
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