Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

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

Related Quotes:

" While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future. "

" It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" I think I was supposed to play jazz. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different. "

" It's not easy to play in a framework that requires simplicity and to tastefully find ways to interject the kind of freedom that we have in playing jazz. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their legacy lives on with the rest of us because we are so highly influenced by their experience and what they have given us. "

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

" I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn. "

" 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. "

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

" Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life. "

" I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending on my instincts. "

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

" Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human. "