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It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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Herbert Jeffrey Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
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The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.
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Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.
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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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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.
Herbie Hancock
Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.
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Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.
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People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working.
Herbie Hancock
I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.
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I'm one of the people who was a pioneer in encouraging musicians, early in the game, to get interested in technology, and now all the musicians are getting into it.
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Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.
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One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything.
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I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.
Herbie Hancock
I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.
Herbie Hancock
I think I was supposed to play jazz.
Herbie Hancock
It is people's hearts that move the age.
Herbie Hancock
The music becomes something that is its own entity.
Herbie Hancock
Jazz is about being in the moment.
Herbie Hancock
Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.
Herbie Hancock
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
Herbie Hancock
I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
Herbie Hancock
