Music lives in contrasts.

People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts.

“I’m not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.”

“I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.”

“I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.”

“Practice is a time put aside to work, work, work with dedication and commitment to becoming not only a better player but to realize (in time) what we all strive for, AND, that’s to earn the right to someday be called A MUSICIAN. A most royal title, if you please!”

“Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind”

“All music is folk music, I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.”

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom.  If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”

“Tradition is laziness.”