Herbie Hancock Quotes
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Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
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You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.
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As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in.So, I'm concerned about peace.I'm concerned about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment.
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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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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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People always want to protect what's really going on inside. They want to kind of make visible something that looks more pleasant than what may be happening inside of themselves.
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Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
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In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered.
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Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.
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When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.
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One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
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I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.
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Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.
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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
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The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.
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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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I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
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Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.'
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In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.
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I'm one of the people who was a pioneer in encouraging musicians, early in the game, to get interested in technology, and now all the musicians are getting into it.
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Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
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I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can.
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It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
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I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work.