Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I'm a normal girl. I don't go out much, and I don't know what is enjoyment.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world.
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I grew up on a wide range of stuff. OutKast, they been around for over 20 years, and some of the L.A. cats like Defari, Dilated Peoples and Likwit Crew. I was always going to these shows and catching the KRS-One tennis ball, as he would throw those out, EPMD. I could go on and on.
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On television, it's all just shiny, successful people, and so I feel somebody has to wave a flag for the ordinary people who are not quite sure that they are getting it right.
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And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me!
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Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true.
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I like challenges, I like that fear you feel for something new, and with a new director, I think it's very important to always support new projects.
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I first thought about becoming a writer after the age of 30, which is rather late, I'd say. In my 20s, I wasn't especially good at anything, and I didn't have a lot of experiences. I was just a young woman without a good job.
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The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air.
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Normally, if you play a part, you have the words, and you invent the personality out of your experience, your knowledge - your life, in a way.
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'The cap'n is Wolf Larsen, or so men call him. I never heard his other name. But you better speak soft with him. He is mad this morning. The mate-' But he did not finish. The cook had glided in.
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I cannot tell how the truth may be;I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
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'Easier, lad, with those soft small bodies....Nothing to it. They're just soft squashy things.'
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I really enjoy being with my fans. They offer great support and encouragement to me. I like signing autographs and posing for pictures.
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MIDI made a natural transition to the PC. The MIDI messages that make up a musical composition can be saved as MIDI files, which are collections of MIDI messages with timing information.
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There are a lot of latchkey kids. I don't want to be sitting there when a guy blurts something out over the TV and have my daughters ask me what those words mean.
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I wanted to be a doctor. I was pre-med at school, and I actually even took the MCAT. My ultimate decision was that I didn't love the work environment in a hospital.
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The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.
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Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
