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" Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision. "

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

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

" My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a doctor, but he came from a really poor family in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor. "

" I think people have learned that Herbie Hancock can be defined as someone that you won't be able to figure out what he's going to do next. The sky is the limit as far as I'm concerned. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I think I was supposed to play jazz. "

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

" The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis. "

" I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others. "

" 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. "

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

" We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion. "

" I try to practice with my life. "

" Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "