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I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.

Herbie Hancock

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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
Actor
Bandleader
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Film Score Composer
Jazz Musician
Jazz Pianist
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Chicago
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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
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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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Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.
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You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist.
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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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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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It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.
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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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Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
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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 try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.
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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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Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.
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Jazz is about being in the moment.
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Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
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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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I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.
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