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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.

Herbie Hancock

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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
Actor
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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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I think I was supposed to play jazz.
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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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I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
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It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles that's the key to happiness.
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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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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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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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I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
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Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.
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I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.
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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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