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

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Perfection is not very communicative

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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.

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Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

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As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.

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

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I play an instrument that has four strings, and I'm still trying to get it right. What I've tried to do in the process of playing these four strings is to try and understand the people I meet, the stories they have to tell. And then become an advocate for them and their stories through music.

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Good things happen when you meet strangers.

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Nobody else can make the sound you make.

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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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