Cancer Quote by Herbie Mann

Why do you have to retire at 65? Why can't you start at 70? You know, like wine. Why can't music be that way?…

— Herbie Mann

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

— Herbie Mann

As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom defined improvising…

— Herbie Mann

Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community…

— Herbie Mann

If you want to play somebody's music, you'd better go into his house.

— Herbie Mann

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to…

— Herbie Mann

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music…

— Herbie Mann

I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.

— Herbie Mann

Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

— Herbie Mann

By the time I'm 90, I hope to have it together.

— Herbie Mann

The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian.

— Herbie Mann

I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer…

— Herbie Mann