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Nothing is ever free,
though to you it be.
Somewhere, somehow,
someone paid. — Roger W. Hancock

When you talk about 'doing the work', that's the work I'm interested in. What can I contribute as a human being? — Herbie Hancock

Nobody told me I was a child prodigy. — Herbie Hancock

So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did. — Herbie Hancock

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

Procrastination is the lazy cousin of fear.When we feel anxiety around an activity, we postpone it. — Noelle Hancock

Fear is an emotional response. It manifests physically. Think tension, muscle aches, rapid heartbeat, sweating. Worry suppresses that arousal. — Noelle Hancock

Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff. — Herbie Hancock

You have to understand that we've had more than 40 years now of massively financed propaganda called the 'War on Drugs'. — Graham Hancock

When I was young I used to listen to everything. — Herbie Hancock

Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket. — Winfield Scott Hancock

Life is not about finding your limitations; it's about finding your infinity. — Herbie Hancock

Olmecs had worked out the principle of the wheel, — Graham Hancock

It was a magnificent setting in a remote part of the world. My kind of place. — Brian Hancock

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference. — Herbie Hancock

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. — Herbie Hancock

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing. — Herbie Hancock

The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas. — Herbie Hancock

One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open. — Herbie Hancock

There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz. — Herbie Hancock

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness. — Herbie Hancock

I'm not special, no more special than anybody else. — Herbie Hancock

It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz. — Herbie Hancock

It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself. — Herbie Hancock

So I turned these sort of deficiencies into a, a workable thing if you understand what I mean. — Tony Hancock

People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working. — Herbie Hancock

Just because you've done something frightening once doesn't mean it's suddenly not scary anymore. — Noelle Hancock

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all. — Winfield Scott Hancock

Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life. — Herbie Hancock

Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different. — Herbie Hancock

A good deed is a good deed. — John Lee Hancock

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. — Herbie Hancock

I find money some way or other goes very fast. But I think I can reflect it has been spent with satisfaction and to my own honour. — John Hancock

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

You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that. — John Lee Hancock

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

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language — Herbie Hancock

We try to ... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think. — Tony Hancock

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

I think I was supposed to play jazz. — Herbie Hancock

Well the you should sue Mc Donald's because the really fucked you up" *gestures at fat man* — Hancock

There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles! — John Hancock

It's lovely loving, isn't it? In fact, I find it almost better, because being loved sometimes embarrasses me, but loving is a gift. — Sheila Hancock

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

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision. — Herbie Hancock

I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can. — Herbie Hancock

Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts. — Herbie Hancock

I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being. — Herbie Hancock

Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time. — Herbie Hancock

The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique. — Herbie Hancock

Friends don't make friends walk uphill before 11:00 am — Noelle Hancock

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. — Herbie Hancock

That all may bow to the scepter of our Lord Jesus Christ and that the whole Earth may be filled with his glory. — John Hancock

When the blind lead the blind, they all fall in the canal. — Tony Hancock

The best way to help the poor is not to become one of them — Lang Hancock

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

The music becomes something that is its own entity. — Herbie Hancock

The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward. — John Hancock

If you think while you write, you will enjoy it more and your prose will be more muscular and engaging. — Elise Hancock

There was no doubt about it: Alexandra Finch Hancock was imposing from any angle; her behind was no less uncompromising than her front. — Harper Lee

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

I made the exhilarating discovery that study, when it is pursued with ardour and discipline, becomes creation. — W.K. Hancock

It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness. — Herbie Hancock

It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces. — Ennio Morricone

I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop. — Donald Byrd

Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am. — Herbie Hancock

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. — Herbie Hancock

Give money to universities - that would be asking for trouble. All those places do is turn out more Communists. — Lang Hancock

All politicians should be required to drink Ayahuasca 10 times before taking office. — Graham Hancock

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

Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny. — Henry Hancock

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

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

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music. — Herbie Hancock

Stone me, what a life! — Tony Hancock

All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note. — Herbie Hancock

When Peter Beardsley appears on television, daleks hide behind the sofa. — Nick Hancock

Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen. — Herbie Hancock

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music — Herbie Hancock

Science has often resisted new ideas and fought bitterly to prevent them coming on board. — Graham Hancock

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

Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity. — Herbie Hancock

I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted. — John Lee Hancock

We are serving no one man, we are serving our country. — Winfield Scott Hancock

When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is. — Herbie Hancock

It's the end of man and I can do whatever I want. — Brecken Hancock

Music truly is the universal language. — Herbie Hancock

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time. — Herbie Hancock

Word to the wise writer ... never underestimate your secondary characters! But watch them ... they sneak off with stuff. — Ka Hancock

And erm, perhaps looking like this it was perhaps the only thing I could do. — Tony Hancock

In the world of Art there are no wrong choices. — Herbie Hancock

Hip-hop is all over the planet. — Herbie Hancock

I don't think I gain anything by seeing myself. — Tony Hancock

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me. — Herbie Hancock

I just express myself in any way I feel is appropriate at the moment. — Herbie Hancock

You might not be able to do the impossible, but do the unimaginable. — Rita M. Hancock

It is people's hearts that move the age. — Herbie Hancock

Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century, — Herbie Hancock

I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures. — Herbie Hancock

A meaningful experience is a glass of wine. It needs to breathe and open up; it can only be fully appreciated when you return to it later. — Noelle Hancock