Learning itself is a fulfilling adventure at all points in the process. In fact, psychologists have listed learning as one of the basic, universal joys of human experience.

[perfectionism leads to] a tendency to apologize preemptively for one's efforts, knowing from experience that there's sure to be something wrong with them.

Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to do next

Don't attribute mishaps to a lapse in concentration - if you missed the note you don't know it.

. .the most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is . . .what happens in the practice room.

If you have played "six times wrong, one time right" the problem is not quite corrected.

Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses.