Herbie Hancock Practice Quotations

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

We need to put into practice the idea of embracing other cultures. We need to be shaping the kind of world we want to live in instead of waiting for someone else or some other entities to do it for us.

You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.

Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.

Sometimes you can practice something but what you wind up playing when you're out doing a gig is not what you practiced. What you learn is not necessarily what you practice.

I'm not telling students not to practice or advising people to limit themselves.

There's so much spontaneity involved, what do you practice? How do you practice teamwork? How do you practice sharing? How do you practice daring? How do you practice being nonjudgmental?

I try to practice with my life.