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Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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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'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.
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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
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The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.
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Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.
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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
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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.
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I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
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It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.
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Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
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Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.
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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.
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Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
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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 think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
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I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work.
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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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