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Herbie Mann quotes: You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

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

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

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

Herbie Mann quotes: If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial.

If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial.

Herbie Mann quotes: Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.

Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.

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

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

Herbie Mann quotes: Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

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

Herbie Mann quotes: By the time I'm 90, I hope to have it together.

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

Herbie Mann quotes: 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.

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.

Herbie Mann quotes: You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

Herbie Mann quotes: To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

Herbie Mann quotes: Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love.

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

Herbie Mann quotes: I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first time I think it's really me.

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

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

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

Herbie Mann quotes: I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.

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

Herbie Mann quotes: My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania.

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

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

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