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Herbie Hancock Quotes

«Tradition can be negative though, if the importance of having roots outweighs the importance of searching for what's valuable in new things being presented.»
«Both men and women have masculine and feminine elements. We've just been concentrating on the masculine elements in jazz coming out for too long. It's time for feminine elements to emerge.»
«I was very much aware of blues, because it was on the radio all the time.»
«There's only one person named Herbie Hancock.»
«And you allow yourself to play off that plane. You're in this dark room of unknowns, you allow yourself to go there.»
«I'm an American man, and I'm concerned about the present and the future as has as this country and its people are concerned.»
«We wanted to share creativity and didn't want to be bound by traditional jazz conventions.»
«We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.»
«When I sense a more conservative and limiting attitude coming from musicians, than my impression is that they're really moving away from the true spirit of jazz.»
«The other reason is the concept of attitude. I didn't want to appear angry, but it's okay to appear serious or to not smile.»