The reason so many of us lose our bearings about practising early in life is that we practice in living rooms with other family members in earshot - and healthy practice would simply sound too obnoxious, intrusive, repetitious and unmusical… — William Westney Copy Share Image
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. — 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 Image
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 Image
If you have played "six times wrong, one time right" the problem is not quite corrected. — William Westney Copy Share Image
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 Image
[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 Image
. .the most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is . . .what happens in the practice room. — William Westney Copy Share Image
If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse. — William Westney Copy Share Image
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 Image
Don't attribute mishaps to a lapse in concentration - if you missed the note you don't know it. — William Westney Copy Share Image
Music study presents a natural, here-and-now route to selfknowledge and self-integration. — William Westney Copy Share Image
Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to do next — William Westney Copy Share Image
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