Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.
Beginner's luck is great for beginners.
My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility.
I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.
There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.
If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not?