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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

I try to practice with my life. — Herbie Hancock

Each human being exists because there's something they have to offer for the evolution of the universe that only they can fulfill. — Herbie Hancock

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

I've been curious ever since I was a little kid. — Herbie Hancock

Wisdom corresponds to the future; it is philosophy. — Herbie Hancock

I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music. — Herbie Hancock

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

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

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

I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour. — Herbie Hancock

Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human. — Herbie Hancock

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. — Herbie Hancock

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

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

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

I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life. — Herbie Hancock

The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way. — Herbie Hancock

Music isn't about music, it's about life. — Herbie Hancock

Inspiration is constantly in the air. It's up to us to develop the sensitivity to pick up on it. — Herbie Hancock

Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners. — 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

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

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. — Herbie Hancock

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie. — Herbie Hancock

We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together. — Herbie Hancock

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. — Herbie Hancock

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

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose. — Herbie Hancock

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. — Herbie Hancock

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. — Herbie Hancock

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

So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does. — Herbie Hancock

I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things. — Herbie Hancock

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

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

Take whatever happens and try to make it work. — Herbie Hancock

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

Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today. — Herbie Hancock

The true artform is being a human being. — Herbie Hancock

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

I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music. — Herbie Hancock

Jazz is about being in the moment. — Herbie Hancock

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

You can change your character and, at the same time, change your fortune. — Herbie Hancock

You don't need the fame to be vital. — Herbie Hancock

I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism. — Herbie Hancock

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

Hip-hop is all over the planet. — Herbie 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

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

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

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

Music truly is the universal language. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time. — 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 think I was supposed to play jazz. — Herbie Hancock

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

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

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

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