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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've been curious ever since I was a little kid. "

" Music truly is the universal language. "

" Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference. "

" I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time. "

" I don't see how we can have both the freedoms we had before and the safety net that we all need considering the way the world is today. And that's just because human beings can't trust each other. We've given in over and over to some of the darkest elements that exist in life itself. "

" I think I was supposed to play jazz. "

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

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

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

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

" It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends. "

" 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. "

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

Looking Forward

" Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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