Herbie Hancock Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.”

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

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

“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.”

“One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.”

“It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.”

“I've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who were instrumental in shaping me, and I want to share what I've learned.”

“Music truly is the universal language.”

“I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.”

“World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.”