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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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In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered.
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Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
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We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion.
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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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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 think I was supposed to play jazz.
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Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.
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When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.
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I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
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I don't go around, the way many musicians do, with earbuds in my ear listening to my iPod all day and just sticking my head in the music all the time.
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The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock.
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You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist.
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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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It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.
Herbie Hancock
Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.
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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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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
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
Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.
Herbie Hancock
Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
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