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" Music happens to be an art form that transcends language. "
Herbie Hancock
Happens
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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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" Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose. "
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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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" My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a doctor, but he came from a really poor family in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor. "
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" I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different. "
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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 think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures. "
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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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" Nobody told me I was a child prodigy. "
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" I just express myself in any way I feel is appropriate at the moment. "
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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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" Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. "
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" It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness. "
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" Each human being exists because there's something they have to offer for the evolution of the universe that only they can fulfill. "
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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. "
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" I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can. "
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" It is people's hearts that move the age. "
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" 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. "
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" But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already. "
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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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" 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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" 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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