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Speak like a child as a title” Herbie explains, “came from Frank Wolff, and it’s a result of a picture that a friend of mine, David Blythwood, took. I dug it so much I brought it to Frank for this album. Frank said it was so evocative a photograph because of the innocence and naivete in it. And so I started thinking about that quality of innocence when writing this song. Clearly this music doesnt sound much like whats going on today – war, riots, the stock market getting busted up. And the reason it doesn’t, I realized, is that I’m optimistic. I believe in hope and peace and love.
The philosophy represented in this number…is chilldlike. But not childish. By that I mean there are certain elements of childhood we lose and wish we we could have back – purity, spontaneity. When they do return to us, we’re at our best. So what I’m telling the world is: “Speak like a child. Think and feel in terms of hope and possibilities of making ourselves less impure”
Herbie Hancock Original liner notes from the album Speak Like A Child
Google listing of places to buy the album
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