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The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

Herbie Hancock

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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
Actor
Bandleader
Conductor
Film Score Composer
Jazz Musician
Jazz Pianist
Keyboardist
Musician
Pianist
Singer-Songwriter
Chicago
Illinois
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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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