Herbie Hancock Quotes & Sayings

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102 most famous Herbie Hancock quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 83 year old American musician born on Apr 12, 1940.

Herbie Hancock Quotes
“Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.”
Herbie Hancock Quotes
“It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness.”
Herbie Hancock Quotes
“Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.”
Herbie Hancock Quotes
“I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.”
Herbie Hancock Quotes
“Jazz is about being in the moment.”
“When I was six, my best friend's parents bought him a piano. My mother noticed that every time I would go to his house, the first thing I would say to him was 'Levester' - His name was Levester - I said, 'Levester, can I go play your piano?' So, on my 7th birthday, my parents bought me a piano.”
“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.”
“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.”
“We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion.”
Herbie Hancock Quotes
“The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.”

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