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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The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.
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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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World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.
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The true artform is being a human being.
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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.
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A jazz musician is not a jazz musician when he or she is eating dinner or when he or she is with his parents or spouse or neighbors. He's above all a human being . . . the true artform is being a human being.
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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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I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.
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I try to practice with my life.
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Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That's hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around themselves. Then they don't have to trust anybody but themselves. But to allow you to trust not only yourself but trust others means - is what's required to be vulnerable, and to have that kind of trust takes courage.
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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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Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.
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A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate his students' creativity enough so that they go out and find the answers themselves.
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Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.
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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 look for what's of value and extract that. I don't look to criticize.
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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 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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I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to 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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I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.
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I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond what they know, go into unknown territory and explore. It's made a difference to me and the decisions that I've made over the years about how to approach a project in this music.