So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did. Herbie Hancock More Quotes by Herbie Hancock More Quotes From Herbie Hancock Fact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . Don't forget I was only eleven-years-old and to be on the stage at that age had tremendous impact on me. Basically love for classical music and performing as a kid on the big stage probably led toward this decision, which meant that music is going to be my big love but also my profession. Herbie Hancock impactkidsyears I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being. Herbie Hancock standpointmusicianlooks Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today. Herbie Hancock oscarsjazztoday People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working. Herbie Hancock know-howlongpeople 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 from us during slavery, so the 60s gave us a chance, because of the civil rights movement, to kind of re-examine and make some sort of formal connection to our African-ness. Herbie Hancock takenrightsthinking I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict. Herbie Hancock togethermeanpeople But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father. Herbie Hancock dadhusbandfather Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human. Herbie Hancock humanness-isbuddhismchallenges Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am. Herbie Hancock musician One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open. Herbie Hancock attributesjazzthinking 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. But to allow you to trust not only yourself but trust others means - is what's required to be vulnerable, and to have that kind of trust takes courage. Herbie Hancock wallmeanpeople As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in.So, I'm concerned about peace.I'm concerned about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment. Herbie Hancock inhumanity-to-manmenworld If you're not judging what happens, then you're trusting what others are doing, what you're playing, and trusting what you're playing.And it can lead you to other ideas, to something maybe you hadn't expressed before. Herbie Hancock judginghappensideas Kendrick Lamar, he's amazingly talented ... He's an amazing writer, well I'm really looking forward to Kendrick Lamar ... sweeping, the Grammys. Herbie Hancock entertainment Hip-hop is all over the planet. Herbie Hancock planethip-hopover Sometimes you have to create a vision, a path for a vision. It may not be apparent, and you may have to forge it yourself. And that will be the way to move your life forward. Herbie Hancock yourselfyouvisionlife See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules. Herbie Hancock rulesseealwayspeople 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. Herbie Hancock freedomstrugglehopepeople I don't see how we can have both the freedoms we had before and the safety net that we all need considering the way the world is today. And that's just because human beings can't trust each other. We've given in over and over to some of the darkest elements that exist in life itself. Herbie Hancock trusttodaylifeworld
