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Beverly Sills In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties... Brian Eno Computers are so badly designed!... Bryan Ferry You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noti... Bryan Ferry Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could ... Christina Aguilera So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?... David Byrne Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody tha... David Russell The Present is a Point just passed.... Debbie Harry I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it'... Dolly Parton I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I kn... E. Y. Harburg Leave the atom alone.... Frank Sinatra May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be ... Frank Sinatra When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiali... Herbie Hancock 'I've got to learn how to do this. That's my instrument, a... Herbie Hancock A method that doesn't use what you know. It's just pure, r... Herbie Hancock Actually, African Americans I think are completely now all... Herbie Hancock And I don't always talk about music, and I don't always pl... Herbie Hancock And I loved it, I loved it! I wanted to be part of the new... Herbie Hancock And if I don't express that, then what's my life worth?... Herbie Hancock And that was fascinating, because you could do something d... Herbie Hancock At first I sounded like any stiff classical musician, tryi... Herbie Hancock Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.... Herbie Hancock But I can't name a specific synthesizer that is my favorit... Herbie Hancock But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so... Herbie Hancock But if I'm banging my head against a wall because I can't ... Herbie Hancock But it's all part of the humanistic approach. Humanism ami... Herbie Hancock But these days I never turn on radios, I always turn them ... Herbie Hancock But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already.... Herbie Hancock By contrast, wisdom captivates people's hearts and has the... Herbie Hancock Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes... Herbie Hancock Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the ... Herbie Hancock Even the things that are on the Plugged Nickel set. I don'... Herbie Hancock Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.... Herbie Hancock He just blew me away and what it taught me was that Miles ... Herbie Hancock I actually own Final Cut Pro, which is software for editin... Herbie Hancock I decided years ago that I wasn't interested in being a vi... Herbie Hancock I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than... Herbie Hancock I get bored easily, but later I learned that it is OK to d... Herbie Hancock I have available to me all of the tools of my musical expe... Herbie Hancock I just wish more attention could be placed on the human be... Herbie Hancock I look for what's of value and extract that. I don't look ... Herbie Hancock I mean, nobody has a statement on their record.... Herbie Hancock I started playing piano when I was 7. And I started with c... Herbie Hancock I think I heard the name Muddy Waters first, then John Lee... Herbie Hancock I think I was supposed to play jazz.... Herbie Hancock I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's ... Herbie Hancock I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the... Herbie Hancock I try to practice with my life.... Herbie Hancock I was excited about the possibility of going to New York.... Herbie Hancock I was making a hierarchy out of music, and it's ridiculous... Herbie Hancock I was very much aware of blues, because it was on the radi... Herbie Hancock I wasn't concerned about jazz - that's just one of the too... Herbie Hancock I'd rather be a doer than a listener.... Herbie Hancock I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future... Herbie Hancock I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of... Herbie Hancock I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not ... Herbie Hancock I'm happy if anything that I did takes the limelight.... Herbie Hancock I'm not telling students not to practice or advising peopl... Herbie Hancock I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.... Herbie Hancock I've had a lot of music in my own head.... Herbie Hancock In the past, there's always been one leader that has led t... Herbie Hancock It is people's hearts that move the age.... Herbie Hancock It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way... Herbie Hancock It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spir... Herbie Hancock It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitu... Herbie Hancock Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has ... Herbie Hancock Jazz is about being in the moment.... Herbie Hancock Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, t... Herbie Hancock Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's session... 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 d... Herbie Hancock Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.... Herbie Hancock One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that i... Herbie Hancock One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing th... Herbie Hancock One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support fo... Herbie Hancock People are afraid to spend money now because they don't kn... Herbie Hancock Pieces don't have to have the same tempo from beginning to... Herbie Hancock See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people ... Herbie Hancock Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different,... Herbie Hancock So I didn't actually change my name the way some people di... Herbie Hancock So I'm out of the box - and understanding that has opened ... Herbie Hancock So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, ... Herbie Hancock Technology has developed to a whole other level and there'... Herbie Hancock The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were... Herbie Hancock The mixture of all kinds of things, all kinds of beings - ... 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 abi... Herbie Hancock The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others wit... Herbie Hancock The value of music is to be able to play one note at the r... Herbie Hancock Then I would watch him improvise, and I would be fascinate... Herbie Hancock There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of m... Herbie Hancock There's only one person named Herbie Hancock.... Herbie Hancock We are eternally linked not just to each other but our env... Herbie Hancock We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be ... Herbie Hancock We decided it would be interesting to approach the music a... Herbie Hancock We wanted to share creativity and didn't want to be bound ... Herbie Hancock When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I t... Herbie Hancock When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the con... Herbie Hancock When I was young I used to listen to everything.... Herbie Hancock When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, t... Herbie Hancock While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it ... Herbie Hancock Wisdom corresponds to the future; it is philosophy.... Herbie Hancock Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the t... Herbie Hancock Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable pur... Herbie Hancock You asked me before about being an innovator and I mention... Herbie Hancock You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practi... Herbie Hancock You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more intere... Herbie Hancock You don't need the fame to be vital.... Herbie Hancock You don't know what that's going to sound like; you just d... Herbie Hancock You would not exist if you did not have something to bring... Howard Dietz Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with th... Ira Gershwin Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes no... Irving Berlin The toughest thing about success is that you've got to kee... Isaac Stern Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one e... Jim Morrison Film spectators are quiet vampires.... Joan Baez If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into trai... John Evans The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't step on ... John Lennon Love is the flower you've got to let grow.... Leonard Cohen Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burni... Les Brown Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among th... Les Brown If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a... Madonna Ciccone I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe ... Maria Callas I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.... Mick Jagger I don't believe in having bands for solo records.... Pablo Casals The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why sho... Pete Seeger Do you know the difference between education and experienc... Roger Miller Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.... Sarah Brightman I have a love-hate relationship with performing.... Sarah Brightman You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You... Sarah Brightman I don't want to see pictures of Hollywood stars in their d... Simon Rattle If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then ... Stevie Wonder Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.... Tammy Wynette Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to ... Tammy Wynette Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and somet... Tommy Lee When I was a little kid, I took tap and ballet. I've alway... Tupac Shakur Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.... Victor Borge Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations ...

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