William Westney Quotes
- If you have played "six times wrong, one time right" the problem is not quite corrected.
- . .the most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is . . .what happens in the practice room.
- Robotic correctness is the last thing judges want to see or hear
- Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses.
- Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to…
- If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse.
- Don't attribute mishaps to a lapse in concentration - if you missed the note you don't know it.
- [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.
- 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…