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28 quotes by Herb Alpert

Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert is also a recording industry executive, the "A" of A&M Records, a recording label he and business partner, Jerry Moss, founded and eventually sold to Polygram. Alpert has also created abstract expressionist paintings and sculpture over two...
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I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.

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I find that it's nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone else's feelings. You get a little jaded by yourself.

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Mexican Shuffle was a turning point of the Brass.

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We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you.

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I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.

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Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records.... →

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Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.

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I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose.

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I practice every day. I've been doing it since I was eight.

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It's very clean. With tape, you get noise.

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I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get so excited, you'd... →

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If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are deep... →

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I'm sure I'll go back again and record in the digital process.

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