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I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.

Herbie Hancock

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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
Actor
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Jazz Musician
Jazz Pianist
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Chicago
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In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered.
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Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
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When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.
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Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.
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The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
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It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.
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I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you each of these albums instantly became jazz classics. Hey, we had Wayne Shorter playing tenor sax, Ron [Carter] on bass, Tony Williams played drums. That was great band we had.
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I think I was supposed to play jazz.
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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
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My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a doctor, but he came from a really poor family in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor.
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If you're not judging what happens, then you're trusting what others are doing, what you're playing, and trusting what you're playing.And it can lead you to other ideas, to something maybe you hadn't expressed before.
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I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending on my instincts.
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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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Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
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Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.
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The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock.
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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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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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