One of my character flaws is that I ask too many questions. I've always been like this, wanting to know more and wanting to know why. When I was a kid, I asked my piano teacher why I had to do Grade 5 theory. I received the stock answer: ‘in order to be able to do Grade 6’. I did it because I wanted what was on the other side of the barrier, but I didn't enjoy it. I didn't enjoy it because it was taught to me on paper, in silence, utterly detached from everything I love about music – sound, making it and hearing it.
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