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Herbie Hancock Quotes

born 1940 United States

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940, in Chicago), is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, and occasional actor, known for his work with the Miles Davis Quintet and—from 1970s to the present—for his experiments with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles.

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I realized I could never be a genius in the class of Miles, Parker or Coltrane, so I might just as well forget about becoming a legend and just be satisfied to create some music to make people happy. I no longer wanted to write the Great American Masterpiece.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Herbie Hancock (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.