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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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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Nobody else can make the sound you make.

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Good things happen when you meet strangers.

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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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Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.

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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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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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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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