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«There was a radio station in Chicago, there was a guy named Al Benson, and he pretty much dominated black radio in the '50s.»
Author: Herbie Hancock
«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.»
Author: Herbie Hancock
«Still, when I finally left Miles in '68 and got my own band, it was a logical step; because anybody that left Miles always had their own band.»
Author: Herbie Hancock
«When I was a kid, I used to sit up in bed, put my elbows on the windowsill and look out at the stars and wonder. About space, eternity, the concept of God and creation.»
Author: Herbie Hancock
«Not too many people my age really zeroed in on the blues. Most of the people that listened to it were older than teenagers.»
Author: Herbie Hancock
«The concept of improvisation is an idea that's very close to my heart, but I can manifest that in a lot of different genres. It really comes from a jazz sensibility.»
Author: Herbie Hancock
«You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements and phrases more cohesiveness.»
Author: Herbie Hancock
«I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.»
Author: Herbie Hancock
«Over the years I've made decisions about things, especially music, and have been scoffed at and ridiculed and opposed, but I knew I had to do these things.»
Author: Herbie Hancock
«I knew of jazz, but I didn't like it. I always thought only older people liked jazz - you know, you had to be 19 or 20.»
Author: Herbie Hancock
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