There is no easy or difficult; only familiar and unfamiliar..

We are all part of a universal game. Returning to our essence while living in the world is the object of the game. The earth is the game board, and w….

Intellect has to surrender to instinct when it is time to play..

I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions..

Bill Evans described his tunes as vehicles; they are vehicles for self-expression, or expression of the self..

Nothing in music is hard, just unfamiliar..

Mastery is playing whatever you're capable of playing-every time-WITHOUT THINKING..

If one's life depends on doing something right, as in the case of the tightrope walker, one will practice on a much deeper level..

Fear closes all doors to the true self, that brilliant center where the ecstasy lies..

Music can shoot through the musician like lightening through the sky if that music is unobstructed by thoughts..

In fear, we expect; with love, we accept..

It is good to view things as familiar or unfamiliar, rather than as difficult or easy..

In many cases, the decision to study music has robbed them of the ability to play music. They have lost respect for music that comes from within beca….

Ultimately, musicians of the world must come to realize the potential of their calling... If the musician is illuminated from within, he becomes a la….

Just before I play, I like to feel that no-one has ever played the piano before, that I'm in complete virgin territory, and that every note I play is….