Practicing is, in fact, not something you must do for a certain amount of hours every day. It s not the same as an athlete s training. But as a young musician who does need to practice every day because you have to develop a certain amount of technique, you re made to believe it is. Fortunately, I went to public schools because my parents thought it would be better for my social life. They were absolutely right, though I m still discovering the whole business of personal relations.
Music is so human.
So the players who can develop relationships with other performers always do better. I d say that only in the last few years have I started to find my voice. I ve wanted to have. It s amazing to me how few performers exploit the huge range of possible tone colors, speeds of vibrato, and so on. I mean, we all have to produce many different sounds, yet so many players seem to have only one sound.