Herbie Hancock Quotes
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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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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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Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
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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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I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.
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I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
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I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.
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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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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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One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
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I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.
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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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People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working.
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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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Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.
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We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.
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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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Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.
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I don't go around, the way many musicians do, with earbuds in my ear listening to my iPod all day and just sticking my head in the music all the time.
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Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.
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I try to practice with my life.
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I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
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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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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.