Quotes By Herbie Hancock

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.

It is people's hearts that move the age.

One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules.