The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.

The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.

The easiest way to do art is to dispense with success and failure altogether and just get on with it.

We provide both irritation and inspiration for each other- the grist for each other's pearl making.

If I "try" to play, I fail; if I force the play, I crush it; if I race, I trip. Any time I stiffen or brace myself against some error or problem, the very act of bracing would cause the problem to occur. The only road to strength is vulnerability.

I no longer sought skill, flexibility, strength, endurance, muscle tone, and quick responsiveness as means of imposing my will on the instrument, but rather of keeping an open and unrestricted pathway for the creative impulse to play its music straight from the preconscious depths beneath and beyond me.

Paradoxically, the more you are yourself, the more universal your message. As you develop and individuate more deeply, you break through into deeper layers of the collective consciousness and the collective unconsciousness.