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It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
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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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It might be something as simple as saying the right word to the right person at the right time-and that could change the course of history. You never really know. But the whole thing is to work at the process of being in sync with the universe, so that everything will align at the proper time so that you can deliver that which is your life mission. And that's why we're here as individuals. And then there's our contribution to the collective. It makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?
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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 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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Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.
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Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.
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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.
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Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.
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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
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I keep recycling and repackaging music that I've done in the past, as though I can't write anymore. Like, okay, I'm done with that. But I need to kind of prod myself again into come on, Herbie, get off your duff and start writing some new music.
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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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I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.
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Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.
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Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.
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We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.
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I never dreamed I would be a Goodwill Ambassador, and for UNESCO. Perfect organization. It is apolitical and it's about education, science and culture. I mean that is what I live. That is what UNESCO is really about; it's all about bringing human beings together with one common goal, which is to move human kind forward.
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Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.
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Jazz is about being in the moment.
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So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.
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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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I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.
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But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.
Herbie Hancock