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

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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 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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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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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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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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Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

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

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