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Freedom Quotes by Herbie Hancock
- Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts.
- Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century,
- 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.…
- In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was…
- 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…
- 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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