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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.
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I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
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Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.
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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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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 Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.
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I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation has been in jazz, though I didn't really start out that way. I started in classical music, but my formative years were in jazz, and it makes a great foundation.
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Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
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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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The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.
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I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
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Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
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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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You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist.
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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 spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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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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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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Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.
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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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