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Creativity Quote by Herb Alpert

"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"

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Herb Alpert’s charm is that he can make a global victory lap sound like a slightly naughty confession. “The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world…” opens in the language of press releases, the tidy gratitude expected of a successful musician. Then he swerves: “I’ve had offers to perform… and I’m tempted to do it.” That “tempted” is doing real work. It frames touring not as obligation but as appetite, a choice fueled by desire rather than schedule, which subtly reclaims agency in an industry that often treats artists like product.

And then the punchline lands: “I’ve got itchy lips.” It’s funny because it’s bodily and specific, turning the abstract machinery of fame - offers, markets, “around the world” - into a single physical urge. For a trumpet player, the mouth is the job; for a performer, it’s also the public-facing self. “Itchy lips” suggests the restlessness that follows success: applause isn’t just flattering, it’s addictive, and the instrument literally demands to be played. There’s also a wink of sensuality, a reminder that performance is intimate even when it’s scaled to stadium size.

Context matters here: Alpert isn’t selling youthful struggle; he’s an established figure whose legacy (and business success) could justify staying home. The subtext is that creative vitality doesn’t retire neatly. The world calls, and his body answers first.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Alpert, Herb. (2026, January 16). 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. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-reaction-to-this-album-has-just-been-fabulous-105657/

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Alpert, Herb. "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." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-reaction-to-this-album-has-just-been-fabulous-105657/.

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"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." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-reaction-to-this-album-has-just-been-fabulous-105657/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is a Musician from USA.

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