Herbie Hancock Quotes
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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.
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We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.
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I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
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Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
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I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.
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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 value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
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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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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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One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.
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Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.
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Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.
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One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
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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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Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.
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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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I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
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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 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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Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
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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've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.