If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse. — William Westney Copy Share Image
Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses. — William Westney Copy Share
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… — William Westney Copy Share
If you have played "six times wrong, one time right" the problem is not quite corrected. — William Westney Copy Share
Learning itself is a fulfilling adventure at all points in the process. In fact, psychologists have listed learning as one of the basic, universal… — William Westney Copy Share
[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 Copy Share
. .the most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is . . .what happens in the practice room. — William Westney Copy Share
If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse. — William Westney Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Don't attribute mishaps to a lapse in concentration - if you missed the note you don't know it. — William Westney Copy Share
Music study presents a natural, here-and-now route to selfknowledge and self-integration. — William Westney Copy Share
Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to do next — William Westney Copy Share
Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever may be… — William Westney Copy Share
