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

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" The music becomes something that is its own entity. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since. "

" I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work. "

" 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. "

" Each human being exists because there's something they have to offer for the evolution of the universe that only they can fulfill. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think I was supposed to play jazz. "

" It's part of my nature. I get excited when trying out new stuff, whether it be an idea or equipment. It stimulates my juices. "

" 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. "

" Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am. "

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

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

" Nobody told me I was a child prodigy. "

" 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. "

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

" One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing. "

" Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "