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 more. -Herbie Hancock Technology
You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. -Herbie Hancock Wisdom
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 but themselves. -Herbie Hancock Trust
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 Freedom
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. -Herbie Hancock Wisdom
It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness. -Herbie Hancock Happiness
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. -Herbie Hancock Teacher
It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness. -Herbie Hancock Life
I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things. -Herbie Hancock Future
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 respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental. -Herbie Hancock Cool
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 Peace
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 Hope
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 respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental. -Herbie Hancock Respect
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've given in over and over to some of the darkest elements that exist in life itself. -Herbie Hancock Trust
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 Food
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 said, 'Levester, can I go play your piano?' So, on my 7th birthday, my parents bought me a piano. -Herbie Hancock Birthday
