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> [Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever may be holding us back, and join that flowing river.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/music-the-most-abstract-and-uncanny-art-is-an-eternal-river-of-sound/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

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## Other authors on Flowing river

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flowing-river/paulo-coelho/)

## More by William Westney

> [Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/much-music-teaching-seems-more-concerned-with-controlling-the-student/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

> [Robotic correctness is the last thing judges want to see or hear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/robotic-correctness-is-the-last-thing-judges-want-to-see-or-hear/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/when-the-good-student-chooses-the-honest-path-free-of-perfectionism/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

> [If you have played "six times wrong, one time right" the problem is not quite corrected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/if-you-have-played-six-times-wrong-one-time-right-the-problem-is-not/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

> [Learning itself is a fulfilling adventure at all points in the process. In fact, psychologists have listed learning as one of the basic, universal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/learning-itself-is-a-fulfilling-adventure-at-all-points-in-the/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/perfectionism-leads-to-a-tendency-to-apologize-preemptively-for-one-s/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

> [. .the most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is . . .what happens in the practice room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/the-most-crucial-ingredient-by-far-for-success-in-music-is-what/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

> [If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/if-we-re-not-actively-making-things-better-chances-are-we-re-making/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/the-reason-so-many-of-us-lose-our-bearings-about-practising-early-in/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

> [Don't attribute mishaps to a lapse in concentration - if you missed the note you don't know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/don-t-attribute-mishaps-to-a-lapse-in-concentration-if-you-missed-the/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

> [Music study presents a natural, here-and-now route to selfknowledge and self-integration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/music-study-presents-a-natural-here-and-now-route-to-selfknowledge/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

> [Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to do next](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/mistakes-are-immensely-useful-they-show-us-where-we-are-right-now-and/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

> [Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westney/music-the-most-abstract-and-uncanny-art-is-an-eternal-river-of-sound/)

[William Westney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westney/)

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