Some quote links:

Yeah, this is what I basically tell my students: practice from the head, play from the heart.

"We are the dreamers of dreams, we are the music makers." This was in response to a "what's the point?" type of question. In resp...

"To err is human; to forgive is canine" ~ anonymous...

Hi Folks, I just ran across a page of Henry Ford quotes and they are kind of inspiring. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/henry_ford.html...

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." (Einstein)...

Evil men rule when good men do nothing.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ~ Edmund Burke "He who makes a beast of himself gets ri...

Jazz is an art form that depends on its antecedents, there must be respect for the people that have gone before. ~ Jon Hendricks External instruments a...

However some valuable tidbits should not be shared, or you may find yourself replaced on the job!...

"When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others."...

Very good advice.

I just made this one up in another room, but I like it: Play from the heart, practice from the head.

"If I wanted to have fun, I'd go fishin'. When I play jazz it is to further jazz not to have "fun". I stray from playing piano when around f...

"Love is the answer" Lennon...

"Chopin NEVER played his own compositions twice alike, but varied each according to the mood of the moment, a mood that charmed by its very waywardnes...

[sf] Tht reminds me of a favourite of mineLudwig Mies van der Rohe quotes: "Less is More!...

"Simplicity is everything. After having exhausted all the difficulties, after having played immense quantities of notes, and more notes, then simplici...

"Turn up the eagles, the neighbors and listening."...

A little poem by Walt Whitman, something to keep in mind in dark times: To The States, or any one of them, or any city of The States, Resist much, obe...