Then music means something. I understand the word 'competing' but it makes no sense in music. People bring all these words from lower parts of life. That is actually what we do. We are all equal before the face of the Music, it's equally grateful for any contribution from a Beethoven or a Horowitz or from us.
Music is very generous.
It reacts right away on our even small effort to respect it, to understand it, to search for new meaning, to defend its principles. Then Music gives so much joy. It gives you reasons to live, to enjoy your place, to respect Music. We always have to measure our efforts by higher standards. With words such as these no more needs to be said.