16 Quotes by Kenny Werner

A quiet mind allows the artist to tap into the wellspring of Divine Music within.

We are all part of a universal game. Returning to our essence while living in the world is the object of the game. The earth is the game board, and we are the pieces on the board. We move around and around until we remember who we really are, and then we can be taken off the board. At that point, we are no longer the game-piece, but the player; we've won the game.

There is no easy or difficult; only familiar and unfamiliar.

Nothing in music is hard, just unfamiliar.

In fear, we expect; with love, we accept.

It is good to view things as familiar or unfamiliar, rather than as difficult or easy.

Music can shoot through the musician like lightening through the sky if that music is unobstructed by thoughts.

Just before I play, I like to feel that no-one has ever played the piano before, that I’m in complete virgin territory, and that every note I play is the most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard.

Mastery is playing whatever you’re capable of playing-every time-WITHOUT THINKING.