Quotes by Freddie Hubbard

But Creed said, write a hit, so I wrote "Red Clay." And all my friends who were jazz musicians, they said, man, you writing that square stuff.

On writing "Red Clay" at producer Creed Taylor's request during his CTI years.

I mean, every time you played, you were being watched and people compared you with - look at little Lee Morgan. So that competition kind of kept me going, you know.

Looking back on the 1960s and the constant comparison with Lee Morgan.

about Lee Morgan