Herbie Hancock Quotes
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I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending on my instincts.
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Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.
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You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.
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Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.
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Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn it into something creative and constructive. That’s something that’s built into the fiber of every human being. And I think that’s why people can respond to it. They feel the freedom in it. And the attributes of jazz are also admirable. It’s about dialogue. It’s about sharing. And teamwork. It’s in the moment, and it's nonjudgmental.
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When a human being is oppressed, the natural tendency is to feel anger. Jazz is a response to oppression that is not bullets and blood. Jazz is the expression of harmony ... and at the same time of hope and freedom.
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All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note.
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Each human being exists because there's something they have to offer for the evolution of the universe that only they can fulfill.
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You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist.
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Inspiration is constantly in the air. It's up to us to develop the sensitivity to pick up on it.
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We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.
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I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.
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I'm very conscious of the idea of trying to each time present something that I haven't presented before. It's a challenge to me to find something new, to find something innovative, but it's also very exciting.
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Music isn't about music, it's about life.
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I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
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There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.
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Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.
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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.
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Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.
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While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.
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I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.
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World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.
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Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.