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You can change your character and, at the same time, change your fortune.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you each of these albums instantly became jazz classics. Hey, we had Wayne Shorter playing tenor sax, Ron [Carter] on bass, Tony Williams played drums. That was great band we had.
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So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.
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Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
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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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The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
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The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.
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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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Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.
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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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I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.
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I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
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Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
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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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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.
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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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There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.
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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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I don't go around, the way many musicians do, with earbuds in my ear listening to my iPod all day and just sticking my head in the music all the time.
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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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