There is no easy or difficult; only familiar and unfamiliar.

Ultimately, musicians of the world must come to realize the potential of their calling... If the musician is illuminated from within, he becomes a lamp that lights other lamps.

It is good to view things as familiar or unfamiliar, rather than as difficult or easy.

Bill Evans described his tunes as vehicles; they are vehicles for self-expression, or expression of the self.

In many cases, the decision to study music has robbed them of the ability to play music. They have lost respect for music that comes from within because they have been programmed to feel "unworthy".

There is no easy or difficult; only familiar and unfamiliar.

Intellect has to surrender to instinct when it is time to play.