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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. "

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" Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music. "

" In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered. "

" I'm one of the people who was a pioneer in encouraging musicians, early in the game, to get interested in technology, and now all the musicians are getting into it. "

" 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. "

" I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music. "

" The music becomes something that is its own entity. "

" 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 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. "

" Music happens to be an art form that transcends language. "

" We need to put into practice the idea of embracing other cultures. We need to be shaping the kind of world we want to live in instead of waiting for someone else or some other entities to do it for us. "

" Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That's hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around themselves. Then they don't have to trust anybody but themselves. "

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

" 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. "

" It's not easy to play in a framework that requires simplicity and to tastefully find ways to interject the kind of freedom that we have in playing jazz. "

" 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. "

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

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

" You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist. "

" When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best. "

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

" I try to practice with my life. "

" Music truly is the universal language. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" When the suggestion was made that I might consider doing music of Joni Mitchell, I thought it was a fantastic idea. Joni, I admire not only for her music but for her person, because she's a person that really stands out for what she believes in. "

" It's easy to get sidetracked with technology, and that is the danger, but ultimately you have to see what works with the music and what doesn't. In a lot of cases, less is more. In most cases, less is more. "

" We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment. "