Now, it's been very hard for me to accept that. I never - I felt like - I always felt like I could blow it and nothing would never happen until this happened. So now, it's - no matter how hard I practice, it just seem like I can't do the plays I did.
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Freddie Hubbard
Jazz trumpeter and composer
United States · 1938–2008
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American jazz trumpeter who recorded with Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter and led his own groups from the 1960s onward. He remained active until late in life despite declining physical ability to play as he once had.
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All you have to do is play good enough to get your point across because you're not going to play like - I'm not going to play like I did when you played those earlier records.
I always felt like I could blow it and nothing would never happen until this happened.
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