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Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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Jazz Musician
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Herbert Jeffrey Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
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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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