A Senegalese poet said 'In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.' We must learn about other cultures in order to understand, in order to love, and in order to preserve our common world heritage.

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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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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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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

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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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Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.

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Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.

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

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