Explore Quotes by Herbie Hancock

Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

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.

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.

But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already.

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.

All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note.

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.

It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.

Jazz is about being in the moment.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.

I try to practice with my life.

You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements and phrases more cohesiveness.

So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

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.