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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 Hubbard
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 Hubbard
Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it.
Freddie Hubbard
They always want to sell me as a hard bopper.
Freddie Hubbard
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 Hubbard
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 Hubbard
I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something.
Freddie Hubbard
I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.
Freddie Hubbard
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 Hubbard
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 Hubbard
That was the biggest thrill, going over to these guy's houses and having them want me to practice with them and they would show me a lot of stuff, which was really advanced stuff to me at my age.
Freddie Hubbard
