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Herbie Hancock

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I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.


— Herbie Hancock


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I think I was supposed to play jazz.


— Herbie Hancock


#i think #jazz #play #supposed #think

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.


— Herbie Hancock


#great #having #i #i think #learn

I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.


— Herbie Hancock


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I try to practice with my life.


— Herbie Hancock


#life #my life #practice #try

I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.


— Herbie Hancock


#avenues #create #i #looking #music

I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.


— Herbie Hancock


#i #long #long time #person #religious

In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.


— Herbie Hancock


#been #development #in the past #leader #led

It is people's hearts that move the age.


— Herbie Hancock


#hearts #move #people

Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.


— Herbie Hancock


#else #miles #sessions #totally #typical






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Did you know about Herbie Hancock?

In 1983 Hancock had a mainstream hit with the Grammy-award winning instrumental single "Rockit" from the album Future Shock. Grinnell also awarded him an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 1972). [citation needed] Hancock was also bothered by the fact that many people did not understand avant-garde music.

As part of Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound. Hancock's best-known solo works include "Cantaloupe Island" "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians including bandleader Mongo Santamaría) "Maiden Voyage" "Chameleon" and the singles "I Thought It Was You" and "Rockit". Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12 1940) is an American pianist keyboardist bandleader and composer.

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