Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.
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If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.
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I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
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There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.
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I started feeling secure in every way once I began to accept myself the way I was. Whether that was emotional, financial or professional security, all of it came and embraced me because I embraced myself.
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I listen to a lot of choral stuff at home, but I'm also liking Labrinth, Emeli Sande, Tom Odell and Wretch 32.
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Play as well as you can; that's it, as opposed to creating these odd paranoias, trying to be something you're not.
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I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?
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'Whaa, I'm Brad Pitt. I'll crush you.' audience laughs 'With my hand!'
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It's such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space... we're doing such exciting research. And I don't want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that we're doing is extremely exciting.
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Back in 2005, the Anthony Nolan Trust could have asked me just to speak out about the lack of ethnic minority donors on the bone marrow register, but that would have meant nothing if I wasn't prepared to join up myself.
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If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I always do.
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I think when you take forever off the table, it does something really interesting to what you think is important. There's something a little freeing about it.
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I want to have a record with Beyonce or Lady Gaga. They are both my inspirations. Especially Beyonce.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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I have programmed myself to be at least 105 years old.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want.
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Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
