Herbie Hancock Quotes
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My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind of a new era for the whole hip-hop movement.
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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.
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I don't think there are any pure Africans of the African Americans, but the African part of our history was pretty much taken away from us during slavery, so the 60s gave us a chance, because of the civil rights movement, to kind of re-examine and make some sort of formal connection to our African-ness.
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I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
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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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The arts have always served relationships between people of different cultures so well. In a way, the arts function as a very serious kind of ambassador.
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Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres 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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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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The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.
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We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.
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The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
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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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Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
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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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We need to put into practice the idea of embracing other cultures. We need to be shaping the kind of world we want to live in instead of waiting for someone else or some other entities to do it for us.
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I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.
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So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.
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Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.
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I have to care and I have to be honest and have the courage to be vulnerable. If that happens, then that's the best I can do. To just be a puppet for the audience is not very courageous. Just to do whatever they say they want - because a lot of times people will hear something new that they hadn't heard before and get turned on by a new experience and will want to hear more of that.
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At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.
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It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.
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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.