Herbie Mann Quotes

Herbie Mann — American Musician born on April 16, 1930, died on June 01, 2003

Herbert Jay Solomon, known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flautist and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet, but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute. His most popular single was "Hijack", which was a Billboard number-one dance hit for three weeks in 1975... (wikipedia)

When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything I've done so far is not as important as what I'm going to do now.

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.

Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.

I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.