Herbie Hancock Quotes
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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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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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One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
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I try to practice with my life.
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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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Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.
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So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.
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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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If you're not judging what happens, then you're trusting what others are doing, what you're playing, and trusting what you're playing.And it can lead you to other ideas, to something maybe you hadn't expressed before.
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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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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 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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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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Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
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I've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who were instrumental in shaping me, and I want to share what I've learned.
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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 part of my nature. I get excited when trying out new stuff, whether it be an idea or equipment. It stimulates my juices.
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Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.'
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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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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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So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.
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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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Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.
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You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements and phrases more cohesiveness.