The worst thing you can do is say to yourself, "I want to be just like somebody else." You have to absorb knowledge from someone else, but ultimately you have to find your own voice.

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Perfection is not very communicative

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Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.

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Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.

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Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.

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Good things happen when you meet strangers.

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I have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.

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Nobody else can make the sound you make.

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When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.

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Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or actually doing it.

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