Herbie Hancock Quotes - Page 5

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

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

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

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

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

There's so much spontaneity involved, what do you practice? How do you practice teamwork? How do you practice sharing? How do you practice daring? How do you practice being nonjudgmental?

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.

I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation has been in jazz, though I didn't really start out that way. I started in classical music, but my formative years were in jazz, and it makes a great foundation.

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

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 think I was supposed to play jazz.

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

I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.

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

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

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

When I was young I used to listen to everything.

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.

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

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

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

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

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.

I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond what they know, go into unknown territory and explore. It's made a difference to me and the decisions that I've made over the years about how to approach a project in this music.