“ A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty. ”
It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.
~ Nadia Boulanger
The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.