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Freddie Hubbard Quotes

Freddie Hubbard Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Freddie Hubbard
Type:
Musician
Nationality:
American
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Birth year:

  • 1
    Dizzy used to tell me that I am playing too hard. He used to say to not give everything. Miles used to tell me that too. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 2
    I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 3
    I had heard Ornette a couple of times, but I didn't really know where he was coming from until we started the record and it was beautiful, Fred. It opened up my mind. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 4
    I met up with Art Blakey in 1963, I think. It was right after Lee Morgan left and I played with him for about two and a half years. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 5
    I quite drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 6
    I'm going to Yoshi's. I'm taking a few gigs. I'm playing. I'm not going to play all the time. I'm going to take it easy and take it slow and warm up so I can come back. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 7
    Man, they gave me a key to the city. Can you imagine going back to Indiana and getting the key to the city? So that made me feel pretty good. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 8
    They always want to sell me as a hard bopper. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 9
    We all kind of grew up together with Art Blakey because we all were young and he gave us a chance to write. We had to write something that was good and to sit up with a great guy like Art Blakey and watch him. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 10
    When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it was very difficult to make gigs and make money with your own style. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 11
    When you are trying to do something when you are getting started and you are trying to make records for the first time, you want it to be the best. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard
  • 12
    Yes, I can play. I can play. I can't play as long as I did and as hard, but I don't think I have to. Freddie-HubbardFreddie Hubbard