I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions.
It is good to view things as familiar or unfamiliar, rather than as difficult or easy.
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.
Mastery is playing whatever you're capable of playing-every time-WITHOUT THINKING.