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Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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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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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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It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
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Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
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People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working.
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As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in.So, I'm concerned about peace.I'm concerned about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment.
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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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So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.
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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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When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.
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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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