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Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
Actor
Bandleader
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Jazz Musician
Jazz Pianist
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Herbert Jeffrey Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
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Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.
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I don't think there are any pure Africans of the African Americans, but the African part of our history was pretty much taken away from us during slavery, so the 60s gave us a chance, because of the civil rights movement, to kind of re-examine and make some sort of formal connection to our African-ness.
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Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
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So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.
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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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Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.
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When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.
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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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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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Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.
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I try to practice with my life.
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The music becomes something that is its own entity.
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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 think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
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The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
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We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion.
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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 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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Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.
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Jazz is about being in the moment.
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