Herbie Hancock

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

I try to practice with my life.

You can practice to learn technique, but I’m more interested in conceiving something in the moment.

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.

Being a musician is what I do, but it’s not what I am.

I’m always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.

It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.

All that I’ve played, all that I’ve sung, I couldn’t have done any other way.

Audiences are smart. They are not going to come out to see you unless you are honest.

There’s a lot of recreational Jazz going on, where cats learn a particular style and become sharks on somebody else’s language.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

When the music changes, so does the dance.

Especially, I want my work-and the trios if possible-to sing.

Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands.

Let my children have music.

If a player is pushing their ability, a certain amount of failure is inevitable. Maybe even desirable.

I try to practice with my life.

One shouldn’t be in the habit of quoting oneself.

Your horn is your passport to the world.

It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.

Inspiration comes from tunes you play, other musicians and your own imagination.