Approach Quote by Yo-Yo Ma

It seems the activity of expressing sound to do with music has just started blooming - and because of that, the beginners feel like…

— Ornette Coleman

The goal of serious musicians is to play outside of yourself. That's most likely with people who suggest things that are outside your musical…

— Chris Thile

Ask any great athlete or the concert pianist or the successful actor if they have arrived at the place where they need no further…

— Eric Butterworth

To be an outstanding musician, you have to be very attentive to the smallest detail and willing to have infinite patience in the pursuit…

— Yehudi Menuhin

When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people's personalities and…

— Cass McCombs

As a young performer, what you need to be doing is building your technique and musicality, not promoting your abilities - unless you're ready…

— Hilary Hahn

I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn…

— John Oates

What you learn from working with other performers and musicians is invaluable, really, and can only help you grow. I mean, if you spend…

— Damon Albarn

To be a good artist / letterer / designer / guitar player it takes practice. A lot of it. More than you can even…

— Jessica Hische

“For now, what I hope to convey is that experts and beginners have different motivational needs. At the start of an endeavor, we need…

— Angela Duckworth

“the differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance in a specific domain.”

— Cal Newport

The rehearsal process is the most important thing to me, so working with colleagues who are effusive, thoughtful, young and vivacious is really inspiring…

— Susanna Phillips