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Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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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.
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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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One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything.
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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
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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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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 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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So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.
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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 spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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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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I keep recycling and repackaging music that I've done in the past, as though I can't write anymore. Like, okay, I'm done with that. But I need to kind of prod myself again into come on, Herbie, get off your duff and start writing some new music.
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Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
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I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.
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I try to practice with my life.
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Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.
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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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I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.
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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 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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