Herbie Hancock Quotes - Page 4

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• I never dreamed I would be a Goodwill Ambassador, and for UNESCO. Perfect organization. It is apolitical and it's about education, science and culture. I mean that is what I live. That is what UNESCO is really about; it's all about bringing human beings together with one common goal, which is to move human kind forward.

  Herbie Hancock

  Moving, Mean, Organization

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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.

  Herbie Hancock

  Legacy, Influence, Miles

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• I've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who were instrumental in shaping me, and I want to share what I've learned.

  Herbie Hancock

  Taken, Interesting, Mentor

  FaceBook post by Herbie Hancock from Jan 11, 2016

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• One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.

  Herbie Hancock

  Buddhism, Support, Vision

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• Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.

  Herbie Hancock

  Wisdom, Keys, Creating

  "For Herbie Hancock’s 77th Birthday, A “Director’s Cut” DownBeat Feature from 2003 and an interview with the Barnes & Noble Review From 2014". Interview with Ted Panken, tedpanken.wordpress.com. April 12, 2017.

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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.

  Herbie Hancock

  Teacher, People, Identity

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• You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements and phrases more cohesiveness.

  Herbie Hancock

  Change, Keys, Giving

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• 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

  Husband, Dad, Father

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• I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work.

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  Watches, Littles, Clock

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• The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

  Herbie Hancock

  Machines, Ability, Exhibits

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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.

  Herbie Hancock

  Men, Inhumanity To Man, World

  "Musical Legend Herbie Hancock Fuses Jazz, Global Rhythms". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. September 16, 2010.

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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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  War, Iron, World

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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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  Ideas, Jazz, Genres Of Music

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• One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open.

  Herbie Hancock

  Thinking, Jazz, Attributes

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• I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.

  Herbie Hancock

  Music, Vision, Jazz

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• I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.

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  Kids, Littles, Curious

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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.

  Herbie Hancock

  Years, Together, Albums

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• I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond what they know, go into unknown territory and explore. It's made a difference to me and the decisions that I've made over the years about how to approach a project in this music.

  Herbie Hancock

  Years, Differences, Decision

  "Herbie Hancock's Jazz-Pop 'Possibilities'". 'News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. September 2, 2005.

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• The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.

  Herbie Hancock

  Internet, Possibility, Range

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• At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

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  Tunnels, Vision, Musician

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• Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.

  Herbie Hancock

  Musician

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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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  Technology, Levels, Stuff

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• The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock.

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  Rocks, Firsts, Used

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• When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.

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  Teens, Remember, Ends

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• While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

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  May, Guides, Force

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