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The music becomes something that is its own entity.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
Actor
Bandleader
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Jazz Musician
Jazz Pianist
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Herbert Jeffrey Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
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I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
Herbie Hancock
So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their legacy lives on with the rest of us because we are so highly influenced by their experience and what they have given us.
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Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
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I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
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Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.
Herbie Hancock
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.
Herbie Hancock
When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.
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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.
Herbie Hancock
In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
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
Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.
Herbie Hancock
So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.
Herbie Hancock
Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
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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.
Herbie Hancock
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
Herbie Hancock
Jazz is about being in the moment.
Herbie Hancock
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.
Herbie Hancock
It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
Herbie Hancock
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.
Herbie Hancock
Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.
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