I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending on my instincts.
Herbie HancockWhile knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.
Herbie HancockI don't think there are any pure Africans of the African Americans, but the African part of our history was pretty much taken away from us during slavery, so the 60s gave us a chance, because of the civil rights movement, to kind of re-examine and make some sort of formal connection to our African-ness.
Herbie HancockI feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
Herbie Hancock