“I play it just about every day of my life–not because I have to, but because it’s something that gives me pleasure. That’s what I tell kids when they ask what’s the secret to being successful in the music industry. If you’re not really passionate about what you’re doing or if you’re doing it because there are some benefits like attracting chicks, forget it, man. While you’re sleeping someone else is practicing who wants the exact same thing you want.”
Herb Alpert, interview for his (fantastic) album Come Fly With Me, by KC Ifeanyi in Fast Company, 2015.
“You never really get to where you want on an instrument. Dizzy Gillespie was a friend of mine and Dizzy used to say, ‘The closer you get, the farther it looks.’ It’s a never-ending challenge.”
