“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 hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.” PeopleWayMeanUseTogetherCultureConflictVariousDialogueResolve Author:Herbie Hancock
“One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.” PeopleMusicOne ThingJazz Author:Herbie Hancock
“Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.” PeopleWaySoundTeacherHappenedIdentityPeriodsTwentiesMilesGreat TimesGreat TeacherHighlightsBack In The Day Author:Herbie Hancock
“Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.” PeopleKnowsPlayFourInfluenceMajorsConceptsHarmonyBillsFischerRavel Author:Herbie Hancock
“I'm one of the people who was a pioneer in encouraging musicians, early in the game, to get interested in technology, and now all the musicians are getting into it.” PeopleGamesTechnologyMusicianPioneers Author:Herbie Hancock
“Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.'” PeopleThinkingWritingMeanFatherHoursTalkingSonCitizensOne DayHusbandMusicianVotePlaying MusicWriting Music Author:Herbie Hancock
“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.” PeopleMindHumansMeanSpeakOne ThingParticularSticksJazzAfrican AmericanOpennessHuman Experience Author:Herbie Hancock
“I have to care and I have to be honest and have the courage to be vulnerable. If that happens, then that's the best I can do. To just be a puppet for the audience is not very courageous. Just to do whatever they say they want - because a lot of times people will hear something new that they hadn't heard before and get turned on by a new experience and will want to hear more of that.” PeopleIfsWantI CanHappensCareCan DoAudienceHeardHonestVulnerableBeing HonestSomething NewCourageousPuppetsNew Experiences Author:Herbie Hancock
“People always want to protect what's really going on inside. They want to kind of make visible something that looks more pleasant than what may be happening inside of themselves.” PeopleWantLooksKindMayProtectHappeningsPleasantVisible Author:Herbie Hancock
“Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That's hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around themselves. Then they don't have to trust anybody but themselves. But to allow you to trust not only yourself but trust others means - is what's required to be vulnerable, and to have that kind of trust takes courage.” PeopleIfsFeelsKindMeanHardWallSecureVulnerableAllowingTrust Others Author:Herbie Hancock
“People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working.” PeopleKnowsLongKnow How Author:Herbie Hancock
“The arts have always served relationships between people of different cultures so well. In a way, the arts function as a very serious kind of ambassador.” PeopleWayWellsKindArtDifferentCultureCreativitySeriousFunctionAmbassadorsDifferent Cultures Author:Herbie Hancock
“So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.” PeopleWayNamesChange Author:Herbie Hancock
