Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancockis an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor. Starting his career with Donald Byrd, he shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet where Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. He was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk music. Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth12 April 1940
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.
I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.
I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything.
It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness.
Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.
Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.
You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.
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.
When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.
The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when I'm functioning as a musician, but that's not 24 hours a day. That's really opened me up to even more perspectives because now I look at music, not from the standpoint of being a musician, but from the standpoint of being a human being.