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Herbie Hancock Quotes

«Americans are taught that white people did everything, but that is changing. American history and our dealings with other cultures are a constant conflict of understanding.»
«At the same time, I'm still enjoying working with young people.»
«Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.»
«You don't know what that's going to sound like; you just do it because the urge is there.»
«Sometimes you can practice something but what you wind up playing when you're out doing a gig is not what you practiced. What you learn is not necessarily what you practice.»
«A lot of times, other people turn me on to new people that are doing stuff, so I don't consider myself a spokesman for everything that's going on in jazz.»
«Other highlights? When I started practicing Buddhism 21 years ago. Marrying the woman I married 26 years ago; my wife is quite a woman. The birth of my daughter. Joining Miles Davis' band.»
«So, he taught me how to play a simple riff and I somehow found a couple of other notes to play, then I learned how to watch his left hand and I learned where the notes were.»
«We're dealing with jazz, so we don't have pop/mainstream budgets.»
«I get bored easily, but later I learned that it is OK to do something that others have done.»