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One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people. - Herbie Hancock
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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
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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
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You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. - Herbie Hancock
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The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental. - Herbie Hancock
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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 - about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment. - Herbie Hancock
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Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference. - Herbie Hancock
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When I was six, my best friend's parents bought him a piano. My mother noticed that every time I would go to his house, the first thing I would say to him was 'Levester' - His name was Levester - I said, 'Levester, can I go play your piano?' So, on my 7th birthday, my parents bought me a piano. - Herbie Hancock
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Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose. - Herbie Hancock
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The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. - Herbie Hancock
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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
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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness. - Herbie Hancock
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See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules. - Herbie Hancock
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The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver what's really inside, it's just not going to be there. - Herbie Hancock
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Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. - Herbie Hancock
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It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself. - Herbie Hancock
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You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist. - Herbie Hancock
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It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz. - Herbie Hancock
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I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things. - Herbie Hancock
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Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision. - Herbie Hancock
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Sometimes you have to create a vision, a path for a vision. It may not be apparent, and you may have to forge it yourself. And that will be the way to move your life forward. - Herbie Hancock
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Jazz is about being in the moment. - Herbie Hancock
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It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness. - Herbie Hancock
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Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person. - Herbie Hancock
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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
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Music happens to be an art form that transcends language. - Herbie Hancock
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