It is the height of professionalism to be able to make an ordinary piece of music sound good. When playing routine melodic studies the player must treat them as if they are musical value.

Failing to remember is the primary reason for most performers' poor practising habits.

The most valuable practice aid is patience.

The underlying aim of practice . .is to create certainty through the development of high-quality listening.

Good listening is always the first step in the process that creates technique and capability

As soon as effective listening takes place, the ear identifies what needs to be done and guides the techniques search for a solution

. . when the initial excitement of playing starts to evaporate, good habits are needed to sustain the learning process.

Sound is not simply what we hear or play, but equally a feeling in the body

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.

Everyday I meet folks who show me how to look at challenges differently.

Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it. He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power.

He is in my soul and i am in his, and we are in bed but we are in a desert, and i do not know where he begins and i end - Mac

I'd like to think I'm actually a nice person in real life.

Imagine living in a country where the cops are all people who're cut out for the job.

If we've seen one thing from Donald Trump, it's that he says one thing one day, and another thing another.

Addiction is a serious desease; it will end with jail, mental institutions or death.

As in all things, it is terribly important to have a sense of priorities in what you do. And to make certain that priorities do not clash.