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

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Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

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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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Perfection is not very communicative

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But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.

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In performance, we have a greater purpose. The greater purpose is that we're communing together, and we want this moment to be really special for all of us. Because otherwise, why bother to have come at all? It's not about proving anything. It's about sharing something.

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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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