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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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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've been curious ever since I was a little kid.
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We need to put into practice the idea of embracing other cultures. We need to be shaping the kind of world we want to live in instead of waiting for someone else or some other entities to do it for us.
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Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
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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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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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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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Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.
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I try to practice with my life.
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Jazz is about being in the moment.
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People always want to protect what's really going on inside. They want to kind of make visible something that looks more pleasant than what may be happening inside of themselves.
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I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
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It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
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The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.
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Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.
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So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.
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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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So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.
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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.
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