Herbie Hancock Quotes
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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 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 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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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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Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
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One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
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So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.
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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 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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Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.
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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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So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.
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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'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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jazz is about being in the moment.
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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.