Herbie Hancock Quotes
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The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.
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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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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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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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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 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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So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.
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I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.
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Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.
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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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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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Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
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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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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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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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We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.
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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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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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Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
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I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.
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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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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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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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I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can.