Quotes About Mastery

Obviously, Fred Astaire was a legend. I've tried to copy some of his movements.

My idea is to make moves to bring chess back to the world's map, to make it part of the world's geography again.

I only got about four moves.

I've always wanted to be the best at every aspect of the business. Not just someone who does great moves or high flying moves but every aspect and can take control of every match in case something goes wrong.

Where a new guy may only know one or two ways to do something, I know all of the moves, and I've forgotten more stuff than the newer guys might even know.

Music moves forward so quickly; music is an accumulation of knowledge, and musicians keep getting better and better.

If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.

Steph is a Hall of Famer, is a multiple champion, best shooter of all time.

Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct.

Part of being a writer is just getting it in your bones, getting the muscle memory down, just doing it.

Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.

But you can't extend, or go beyond any point musically, without the basic fundamentals.

I've also become much more the musician I've always wanted to be.

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.

As I grow older, I just want to be a better musician, to play more.

If you're a musician, there's no instrument that can be withheld from you. If you're drawn to it, develop the talent for it.

There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice, I say, 'You gotta learn all the letters of your own personal alphabet. With music, you need to know all the different kinds of music and everything in and around your given instrument.'

In the mid-1800s, they were known also as 'singsong houses,' and the courtesans were actually master musicians.

Hey, I've been doing what I do for a long time, my friend.

My generation, we came along, we had to really know our craft.

My generation was advised to focus on one area to excel.

Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow.

No beast has ever conquered the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force.