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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Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you get introduced to it in the right way, it becomes your friend for life.

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

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

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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

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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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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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When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.

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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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