101 Quotations by Herbie Hancock
- 41. I'm a human being all the time, even when I sleep. But I'm not a musician when I sleep, and I'm not ...

- 42. I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

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

- 44. I've had a lot of music in my own head.

- 45. If people are pleased that there is a popular acceptance of anything that came from me, I'm thrilled ...

- 46. It hit me like a ton of bricks, and I had to almost hide my face, because tears were welling up in m ...

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

- 48. It was interesting putting this record together, because I was putting it together with musicians wh ...

- 49. It's a statement of our position, which is that we are not making this record in order to honor tech ...

- 50. It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into ...

- 51. It's primitive now, but when you get to the point where you could see someone's face on your screen ...

- 52. Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to ...

- 53. Jazz is a music that translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians bu ...

- 54. Jazz is purely about just the music, whereas any of the areas of rock n' roll, because it's a popula ...

- 55. Most people think that classical music is a higher form than jazz only because it is from Europe, an ...

- 56. Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

- 57. My approach to music doesn't come from me being a certain type of musician, or a musician at all. It ...

- 58. Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.

- 59. Not just in jazz, I think in politics too. Men have gotten to the point where we're not doing a good ...

- 60. Now we see that we have to pay attention to the environment. We have to protect it. It's become a re ...

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