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" 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. "
Herbie Hancock
People
Technology
Now
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" See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules. "
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" I'm not special, no more special than anybody else. "
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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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" My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind of a new era for the whole hip-hop movement. "
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" One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything. "
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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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" 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. "
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World
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" 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. "
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" In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music. "
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Past
" 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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" Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different. "
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Always
Different
" I just express myself in any way I feel is appropriate at the moment. "
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Moment
" 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. "
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" You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist. "
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Colors
" Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music. "
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" Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose. "
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" I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism. "
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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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Father
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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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" 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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" Music happens to be an art form that transcends language. "
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" It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself. "
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" Hip-hop is all over the planet. "
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" 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. "
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" Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around. "
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Radio
Way
" 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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