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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.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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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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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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Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.
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The arts have always served relationships between people of different cultures so well. In a way, the arts function as a very serious kind of ambassador.
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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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It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.
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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
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There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.
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You can change your character and, at the same time, change your fortune.
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I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation has been in jazz, though I didn't really start out that way. I started in classical music, but my formative years were in jazz, and it makes a great foundation.
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It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
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Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
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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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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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Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.
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Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
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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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I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.
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