Herbie Hancock Quotes

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Herbie Hancock

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 12, 1940

But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already.

Herbie Hancock

Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.

Herbie Hancock

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

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I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

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I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.

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I try to practice with my life.

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I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.

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In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.

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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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Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.

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

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See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules.

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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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We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.

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When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

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

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You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.

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You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

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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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