Facts about Herb Alpert

Occup.Musician
FromUSA
BornMarch 31, 1935
Age88 years

Summary

Herb Alpert is a famous Musician from USA, he/she is 88 years old and still alive, born March 31, 1935.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aries, who is known for Active, Demanding, Determined, Effective, Ambitious. Our collection contains 28 quotes who is written / told by Herb, under the main topic Music.

28 Famous quotes by Herb Alpert

Small: He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a m
"He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music"
Small: Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kin
"Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind of lost contact. At one point, the only connection I had with the audience was with people out there lighting cigarettes"
Small: I dont think radio is selling records like they used to. Theyd hawk the song and hawk the artist and yo
"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 stop your car and go into the nearest record store"
Small: When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain
"When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that's the time to try to let other people know about it"
Small: Mexican Shuffle was a turning point of the Brass
"Mexican Shuffle was a turning point of the Brass"
Small: I practice every day. Ive been doing it since I was eight
"I practice every day. I've been doing it since I was eight"
Small: I find that its nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone elses feelings. You get a little jad
"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"
Small: I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play
"I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play"
Small: Theres something interesting about playing live youre in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial
"There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial"
Small: Its very clean. With tape, you get noise
"It's very clean. With tape, you get noise"
Small: I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose
"I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose"
Small: We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then its going to come back to you
"We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you"
Small: The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument
"The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument"
Small: The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience
"The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience"
Small: If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low
"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 bass sounds. When it cut it at half speed, you're getting more of those on the record"
Small: Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with int
"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. It's something I will always do"
Small: Im sure Ill go back again and record in the digital process
"I'm sure I'll go back again and record in the digital process"
Small: I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz
"I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz"
Small: Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever l
"Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived"
Small: You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage
"You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage"
Small: The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and Ive had offers to perform fro
"The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips"
Small: Its - as opposed to tape where you have a magnetic tape thats excited by frequencies that you hit, digi
"It's - as opposed to tape where you have a magnetic tape that's excited by frequencies that you hit, digital was a process where musical sounds are transferred to numbers and stored as numbers"
Small: Instrumental music can spread the international language
"Instrumental music can spread the international language"
Small: We finally got our big break when Ed Sullivan put us on his show
"We finally got our big break when Ed Sullivan put us on his show"
Small: This was during a period when I was producing Brazil 66 records and got infected by Brazilian music
"This was during a period when I was producing Brazil '66 records and got infected by Brazilian music"
Small: Im an old-timer in the business from the sense that when you do something that you feel good about ther
"I'm an old-timer in the business from the sense that when you do something that you feel good about there might be another person out there who feels the same way, or a hundred or a couple million"
Small: I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit
"I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit"
Small: I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure
"I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure"