Herbie Hancock Quotes About Jazz
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I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.
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I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation has been in jazz, though I didn't really start out that way. I started in classical music, but my formative years were in jazz, and it makes a great foundation.
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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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When a human being is oppressed, the natural tendency is to feel anger. Jazz is a response to oppression that is not bullets and blood. Jazz is the expression of harmony ... and at the same time of hope and freedom.
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Jazz is about being in the moment.
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A jazz musician is not a jazz musician when he or she is eating dinner or when he or she is with his parents or spouse or neighbors. He's above all a human being . . . the true artform is being a human being.
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Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.
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Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.
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I try to practice with my life.
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I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.
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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.
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The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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It is people's hearts that move the age.
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One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.
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I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.
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Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
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There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.
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The music becomes something that is its own entity.
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I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you; each of these albums instantly became jazz classics. Hey, we had Wayne Shorter playing tenor sax, Ron [Carter] on bass, Tony Williams played drums. That was great band we had.
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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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Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn it into something creative and constructive. That’s something that’s built into the fiber of every human being. And I think that’s why people can respond to it. They feel the freedom in it. And the attributes of jazz are also admirable. It’s about dialogue. It’s about sharing. And teamwork. It’s in the moment, and it's nonjudgmental.
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The true artform is being a human being.
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Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts.
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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.
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Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
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It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
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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.
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One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open.
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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
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Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
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