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 Quote

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

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

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

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

I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

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

It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

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 Quote

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

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

One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

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

We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.
- Herbie Hancock Quote

You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.
- Herbie Hancock Quote