I like to present something that the people haven't seen or haven't heard before. Otherwise they might as well just stay home… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
When I was six, my best friend's parents bought him a piano. My mother noticed that every time I would go to… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
It's not easy to play in a framework that requires simplicity and to tastefully find ways to interject the kind of freedom… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know,… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
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… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I don't think there are any pure Africans of the African Americans, but the African part of our history was pretty much taken away… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I like to present something that the people haven't seen or haven't heard before. Otherwise they might as well just stay home and play… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I don't go around, the way many musicians do, with earbuds in my ear listening to my iPod all day and just sticking my… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
