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Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles that's the key to happiness.
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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
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People always want to protect what's really going on inside. They want to kind of make visible something that looks more pleasant than what may be happening inside of themselves.
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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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Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.
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