Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us…

When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.

— Walker Stapleton

If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is. You might never…

— Angelina Jolie

As far as the earth is from the stars, and fire from the sea, so is the useful from the right. Power over men…

— Lucan

Knowledge is immensely powerful and immensely useful.

— Roger Housden

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

— William Westney

The reason so many of us lose our bearings about practising early in life is that we practice in living rooms with other family…

— William Westney

If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse.

— William Westney

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

— William Westney

[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.

— William Westney

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

— William Westney

Robotic correctness is the last thing judges want to see or hear

— William Westney

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

— William Westney

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

— Howard Snell

Man, there's no boundary line to art!

— Charlie Parker

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

— Howard Snell