Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancockis an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor. Starting his career with Donald Byrd, he shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet where Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. He was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk music. Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth12 April 1940
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
So my parents, particularly my mother, she noticed that I seemed to be interested, so on my seventh birthday my parents got me a piano.
I decided years ago that I wasn't interested in being a virtuoso of the piano.
Buddhism opened me up to seeing things from the standpoint of being a human being - looking at the purpose of action and the effects on life.
My taste is broad, and my interest in exploration is broad,
You never knew, when you came out of there, what you did, or whether it was good. It never sounded good to me. It always sounded interesting but you wondered, what were we doing?
I started playing piano when I was 7. And I started with classical lessons. Then I really got exposed to jazz.
I'm a human being all the time, even when I sleep. But I'm not a musician when I sleep, and I'm not a musician when I eat, unless I'm paying attention to music or talking about music.
So the ideas is not to shut out jazz - but it is very inclusive, which is great - because jazz is also an inclusive music.
People are afraid to spend money now because they don't know how long they're going to be working.
If people are pleased that there is a popular acceptance of anything that came from me, I'm thrilled, you know, and flattered.
From '70 to '73 I'd had a sextet, but the band was not self-supporting and I couldn't afford it, so I broke it up. And then I didn't know what kind of music I wanted to do, because I was just fed up to here with it. It wasn't fulfilling anymore.
As far as actually writing scripts or stories... now scenarios, most people have ideas for scenarios that could be the basis for a film.
Things like creating in the moment, being in the moment, trusting your instincts, not being afraid to go outside the comfort zone.
I'm aiming that towards people, towards humanity, not even just musicians. Because this is about life, not about musicians.