I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions.
There is no easy or difficult; only familiar and unfamiliar.
In fear, we expect; with love, we accept.
Nothing in music is hard, just unfamiliar.
If one's life depends on doing something right, as in the case of the tightrope walker, one will practice on a much deeper level.
Music can shoot through the musician like lightening through the sky if that music is unobstructed by thoughts.