“I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.”– Herb Alpert Related Quotes “I don’t play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.”– Dick Dale “What we don’t need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn’t.”– Charley Pride “Rock ‘n’ roll music is what gets me off.”– Joan Jett