Jazz is about being in the moment.
Herbie Hancock

Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.
Herbie Hancock

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

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

Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
Herbie Hancock

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

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

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

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

The music becomes something that is its own entity.
Herbie Hancock

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
Herbie Hancock

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
Herbie Hancock

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