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" 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. "
Herbie Hancock
Started
Old
Music
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" The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique. "
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" All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note. "
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" When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project. "
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" We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment. "
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" While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future. "
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" At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music. "
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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. "
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" Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around. "
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" 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. "
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Science
Always
Work
" Take whatever happens and try to make it work. "
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Work
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" 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. "
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Food
Freedom
" Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me. "
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Getting
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" 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. "
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Life
" I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music. "
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" But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already. "
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Somebody
Everyone
" I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn. "
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Learn
" Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique. "
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" I think I was supposed to play jazz. "
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I Think
" Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am. "
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" I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal. "
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" Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.' "
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" I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour. "
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Been
" When you talk about 'doing the work', that's the work I'm interested in. What can I contribute as a human being? "
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" I've been curious ever since I was a little kid. "
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