American - Musician | April 16, 1930 - June 1, 2003
Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.
Herbie Mann
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For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian.
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But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that word means to most people ultimate death - I decided to see what I could do to take that negative and use it in a positive way.
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Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.
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By the time I'm 90, I hope to have it together.
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I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.
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I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.
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I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first time I think it's really me.
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I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and their health in general.
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I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.
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If you want to play somebody's music, you'd better go into his house.
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Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love.
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