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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything.
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The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock.
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It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
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One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
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I try to practice with my life.
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Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.
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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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Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
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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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Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
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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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People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working.
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I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
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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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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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You can change your character and, at the same time, change your fortune.
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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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When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.
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