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" Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose. "
Herbie Hancock
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" 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. "
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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'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've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Jazz is about being in the moment. "
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" My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind of a new era for the whole hip-hop movement. "
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" 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. "
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Out
New
" You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist. "
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Colors
" 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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" I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being. "
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Being
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" You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. "
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" Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision. "
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" At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music. "
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Vision
Jazz
Kind
" The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique. "
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Yourself
Others
Dazzling
" 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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Good
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" We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment. "
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" I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism. "
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" Take whatever happens and try to make it work. "
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" Hip-hop is all over the planet. "
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" 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. "
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Always
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" The music becomes something that is its own entity. "
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Becomes
" Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life. "
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