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

When the good student chooses the honest path, free of perfectionism and faking, music study becomes something refreshingly new: a calm oasis of self-acceptance for those who are so used to driving themselves and trying to please others.

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

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

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

Music study presents a natural, here-and-now route to selfknowledge and self-integration.

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