Herbie Hancock Quotes
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You don't need the fame to be vital.
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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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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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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'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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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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Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.
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Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.
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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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But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already.
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One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open.
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The music becomes something that is its own entity.
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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.