Herbie Mann Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Herbie Mann quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased musician born on Apr 16, 1930). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 25 we have for him.

“Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they're active and they talk about it.”

“I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.”

“You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.”

“I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first time I think it's really me.”

“My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania.”

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

“I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.”

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

“Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love.”

“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 organize them for you.”