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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. "

" It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself. "

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

" Music truly is the universal language. "

" Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. "

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

" I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when I'm functioning as a musician, but that's not 24 hours a day. That's really opened me up to even more perspectives because now I look at music, not from the standpoint of being a musician, but from the standpoint of being a human being. "

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

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

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

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

" My hope is that the music will serve as a metaphor for the actions taken by the inhabitants of this wonderful planet as a call for world harmony on all levels. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" I try to practice with my life. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work. "

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