Day life Quote by Berthold Auerbach

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

— William Westney

A conundrum of music is that music brings people together, yet to become a skilled musician involves a certain amount of lonely time in…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

To me, the object of practicing is to allow you to play what you hear. But you're always hearing new things, so you never…

— David Sanborn

I'm not a huge practicer, which is probably not a good thing because my band definitely needs to practice.

— King Tuff

Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.

— Florence Welch

You should never listen to someone practice. That is their work and theirs alone.

— Nadia Boulanger

I don't practice. It's a gift. It's talent. Obviously, I do it all the time so it's like I'm practicing, but that's just what…

— AraabMuzik

You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them.…

— John McLaughlin

Practicing is not normally fun. Sometimes people say they're practicing, but they're really just enjoying themselves and the instrument. That's not real practice.

— Damien Chazelle

That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.

— LL Cool J

Sometimes, when you do the music for a play, there are very clear boundaries as to what needs to be achieved. You're very much…

— Richard Dawson

I was born very, very lazy and I don't always practice very long. but I must say, in my defense, that it is not…

— Arthur Rubinstein