49 Quotes by Herbie Mann

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.

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

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.

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

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

My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town.

I was too successful. I made too much money. Alternate fringe audiences liked me too much, so obviously that can't be important.

I've just finished four months of chemotherapy and the chemotherapy worked. I'm officially in remission, which I'm very happy about.