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" Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique. "
Herbie Hancock
Anybody
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Miles
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" I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music. "
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" The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. "
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" One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing. "
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" But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends. "
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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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" I think I was supposed to play jazz. "
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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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" Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me. "
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" 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. "
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" I've been curious ever since I was a little kid. "
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" Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person. "
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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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