Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.
Herbie HancockMy first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind of a new era for the whole hip-hop movement.
Herbie HancockLike no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.
Herbie HancockFact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . Don't forget I was only eleven-years-old and to be on the stage at that age had tremendous impact on me. Basically love for classical music and performing as a kid on the big stage probably led toward this decision, which meant that music is going to be my big love but also my profession.
Herbie Hancock