I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American.
If you want to play something that you can't, you need to see and hear yourself doing it in your minds eye. It will start to happen
Make an exercise out of everything you canโt do.
Criticism can be devastating. When push comes to shove, we are all very sensitive.
I don't believe in 'greatest'. I believe in favorites.
I dedicated all the time I had to it. The 10 hour workout was just what I put in the magazine at the time, but for me it was every waking moment.