Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to do next

Robotic correctness is the last thing judges want to see or hear

. .the most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is . . .what happens in the practice room.

If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse.

Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever may be holding us back, and join that flowing river.

Music study presents a natural, here-and-now route to selfknowledge and self-integration.

Learning itself is a fulfilling adventure at all points in the process. In fact, psychologists have listed learning as one of the basic, universal joys of human experience.

If you have played "six times wrong, one time right" the problem is not quite corrected.

[perfectionism leads to] a tendency to apologize preemptively for one's efforts, knowing from experience that there's sure to be something wrong with them.

Don't attribute mishaps to a lapse in concentration - if you missed the note you don't know it.

Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses.

Kita tidak perlu jadi hebat, kita sudah dilahirkan hebat. Yakin & teruskan perjalanan!

War never can bring peace but a caring heart with love can do that.

I intend to achieve my goals during my lifetime, but if I fail, I will not rest even in the afterlife

Weeping is terrible for the complexion, ' said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, 'but it is very good for the heart.

I've been on the road since 1983. Nothing ever changed, even when I was doing TV and movies.

The hands of the guilty don't necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Tension is more often shown in the studied action.

Elvis Presley? He's God.

I once read that in any good marriage, one partner is the gardener and the other is the garden. We take it in turns to be either.

I'm already 30! It doesn't really feel like a landmark. When I started out, my aim was to keep making records. Just because I've reached the 10th doesn't mean I'm going to rest on my laurels now!

Necessity resides in the way we talk about things, not in the things we talk about.