“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.” PeopleThinkingFeelsHumansMomentsTurnsHuman BeingsAbilityStruggleCreativeWorstCircumstancesBuiltJazzDialogueTeamworkAttributesHuman ExperienceConstructiveAdmirableFiber Author:Herbie Hancock
“I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.” HumansHuman BeingsMusician Author:Herbie Hancock
“I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when I'm functioning as a musician, but that's not 24 hours a day. That's really opened me up to even more perspectives because now I look at music, not from the standpoint of being a musician, but from the standpoint of being a human being.” HumansLooksHoursHuman BeingsViewsPerspectiveMusicianFunctionStandpoint Author:Herbie Hancock
“As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in.So, I'm concerned about peace.I'm concerned about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment.” MenWorldHumansHuman BeingsEnvironmentConcernedInhumanityInhumanity To Man Author:Herbie Hancock
“I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.” HumansLooksHuman BeingsMusicianStandpoint Author:Herbie Hancock
“The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver what's really inside, it's just not going to be there.” NeedsBelieveHumansHeartAbleOrderHuman BeingsIntegrityStrongestSolidityStand Up For What You Believe In Author:Herbie Hancock
“Each human being exists because there's something they have to offer for the evolution of the universe that only they can fulfill.” HumansUniverseHuman BeingsEvolutionOffers Author:Herbie Hancock
“I never dreamed I would be a Goodwill Ambassador, and for UNESCO. Perfect organization. It is apolitical and it's about education, science and culture. I mean that is what I live. That is what UNESCO is really about; it's all about bringing human beings together with one common goal, which is to move human kind forward.” HumansKindMeanWould BeTogetherMovingCultureGoalHuman BeingsPerfectCommonOrganizationGoodwillAmbassadorsBeing TogetherCommon GoalApoliticalUnesco Author:Herbie Hancock
“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.” HumansParentHuman BeingsEatingMusicianJazzDinnerNeighborSpouseJazz MusicJazz MusicianEating Dinner Author:Herbie Hancock
“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.” FeelsHumansNaturalHuman BeingsBloodExpressionHarmonyJazzResponseTendenciesOppressionBulletsOppressed Author:Herbie Hancock
