There are only people doing their imperfect best at doing their imperfect jobs
Stephen NachmanovitchIf we split practice from the real thing, neither one of them will be very real.
Stephen NachmanovitchWhen we are totally faithful to our own individuality, we are actually following a very intricate design. This kind of freedom is the opposite of "just anything".
Stephen NachmanovitchI 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.
Stephen Nachmanovitch