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Herbie Hancock
American
Musician
About the author
But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#World
#Father
#HusbForget
Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Art
#Language
#Music
Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Life
#Difference
#Music
I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Time
#Spiritual
#Religious
Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#People
#Jazz
One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Support
#Vision
#Values
#Buddhism
Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Time
#Music
Jazz is about being in the moment.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Being
#Jazz
See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#People
#Rules
Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Creativity
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Jazz
#Music
#Lent
It is people's hearts that move the age.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#People
#Age
I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Problems
#Beauty
I think I was supposed to play jazz.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Play
#Jazz
Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Impression
Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Music
#Creativity
#Mission
But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Truth
It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Jazz
I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Value
I try to practice with my life.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Life
#Practice
I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Future
I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Music
#Visions
It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Style
#Attitude
#Project
In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Past
#Music
#Development
#Leader
Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Being
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Buddhism
It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Spirit
#Jazz
You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Life
You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Practice
#Knowledge
#Wisdom
You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Practice
We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Environment
While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#May
#Knowledge
#Future
#Force
Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Purpose
#Future
#Wisdom
#Meaning
When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Life
When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Time
#Thought
The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Music
#Value
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Ability
#Wisdom
#Machines
The music becomes something that is its own entity.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Music
The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Spirit
#Jazz
The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
Herbie Hancock,
American
Musician
#Time
#Right
#Play
#Music
#Value