Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.

When a record company makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When a manager makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When the artist makes a mistake, the artist pays for it.

The concern of the musician is to play the music. It is there demanding to be given sound to.

Performance is a vehicle for entering different worlds of experiencing.

We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.

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?

Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.