“ I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things. Herbie Hancock
“ When I was six, my best friend's parents bought him a piano. My mother noticed that every time I would go to his house, the first thing I would say to him was 'Levester' - His name was Levester - I sa… Herbie Hancock
“ While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future. Herbie Hancock
“ It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project. Herbie Hancock
“ 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
“ It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles that's the key to happiness. Herbie Hancock
“ World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own. Herbie Hancock
“ 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'… Herbie Hancock
“ The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we… Herbie Hancock
“ My hope is that the music will serve as a metaphor for the actions taken by the inhabitants of this wonderful planet as a call for world harmony on all levels. Herbie Hancock
“ As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in. So, I'm concerned about peace. I'm concerned about - about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment. Herbie Hancock
“ 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 bu… Herbie Hancock
“ 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 all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered. Herbie Hancock
“ It's easy to get sidetracked with technology, and that is the danger, but ultimately you have to see what works with the music and what doesn't. In a lot of cases, less is more. In most cases, less is… Herbie Hancock
