"To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny…" — Herbie Mann
"To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G."
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28 Quotes by Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to…
- My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.
- But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that…
- I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more…
- Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer,…
- When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided…
- The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine. If your head is not…
- I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.
- For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to…
- One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't…
- My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania.
- If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial.