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Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
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So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.
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So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their legacy lives on with the rest of us because we are so highly influenced by their experience and what they have given us.
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I'm very conscious of the idea of trying to each time present something that I haven't presented before. It's a challenge to me to find something new, to find something innovative, but it's also very exciting.
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My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a doctor, but he came from a really poor family in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor.
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