Quotes About Growth

Nothing in music is hard, just unfamiliar.

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.

I'm listening to a lot of John Mayer again. I stopped listening to emotional music because I was in a really emotional place in my life.

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plough. The trick is just to wake them up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music.

You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I'd rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.

It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do.

I liked when I was naive and I thought it was just about making good music.

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

Charisma, that's my strong point. My personality was always good, but with music I had to grow into it. I grew into who I am now.

I've matured as a person and so has the music... It's gotten more sophisticated and interesting I think.

I'm building an empire. How do you know I won't be the next [Universal Music Group Chairman/CEO] Doug Morris one day? I'm doing a hell of a job, and I'm on the road to that next level.

Music helps you find the truths you must bring into the rest of your life.

Talent is only the starting point.

If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.

... don't be afraid to screw up !... one of the key issues to learning is making mistakes ... if you're not making mistakes, you're probably not having a very good time

What's interesting about a person without problems?

I got into music when I was 12, 13.

You see, that is it with music, you never stop learning.

Life is a guy trying to play a violin solo in public, while learning the music and his instrument at the same time.

You know, my music utilizes things from the past, because that's what the past is for. It's to learn from. It's not to limit you, you shouldn't be limited by it.