Herbie Hancock Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Herbie Hancock on Wise Famous Quotes.
When you talk about 'doing the work', that's the work I'm interested in. What can I contribute as a human being?
Each human being exists because there's something they have to offer for the evolution of the universe that only they can fulfill.
Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.
Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.
To my wife, I'm not Herbie Hancock the musician. I'm her husband. When I'm talking to a neighbor, I'm a neighbor. When I vote, I'm a citizen.
One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or struggle.
One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.
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.
I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.
Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.
It's part of my nature. I get excited when trying out new stuff, whether it be an idea or equipment. It stimulates my juices.
Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.
While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.
I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.
I like to present something that the people haven't seen or haven't heard before. Otherwise they might as well just stay home and play the record.
I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.
When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.
I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.
It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.
You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.
I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can.
Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts.
World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.
Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.
Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music
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.
At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.