Quotes By Herbie Hancock

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

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

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.

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

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already.

Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.