Herbie Hancock Quotes About Music
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Jazz is about being in the moment.
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Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.
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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 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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You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.
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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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Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
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There's so much spontaneity involved, what do you practice? How do you practice teamwork? How do you practice sharing? How do you practice daring? How do you practice being 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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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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In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
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I think I was supposed to play jazz.
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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.
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Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.
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Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.
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