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One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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Herbert Jeffrey Herbie Hancock
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Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
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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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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
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It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
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Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
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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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Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.
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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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So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.
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So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.
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I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can.
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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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People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working.
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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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Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.
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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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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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