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Been Quotes by Herbie Hancock
- I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation has been in…
- Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century,
- I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.
- I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.
- I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.
- I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
- In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.
- I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that,…
- I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity…
- So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have…
- One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or struggle.
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