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A Jazz Musician Is Not A Jazz Musician When He Or She Is Eating Dinner Or When He Or She Is With His Parents Or Spouse Or Neighbors. He's Above All A Human Being . . . The True Artform Is Being A Human Being.

-Herbie Hancock

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A Jazz Musician Is Not A Jazz

Herbie Hancock

A Jazz Musician Is Not A Jazz Musician When He Or She Is Eating Dinner Or When He Or She Is With His Parents Or Spouse Or Neighbors. He's Above All A Human Being . . . The True Artform Is Being A Human Being.

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