Marketa Irglova Quotes
If I'm focusing on playing and enjoying the song, then it always goes well. I get lost in the song, and the performance is so much better. If the focus becomes not making a mistake, then it just feels rigid to me.
Marketa Irglova
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If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent.
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The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.
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One mistake does not define you.
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Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America.
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I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.
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I want Americans to know that Guantánamo happened not to monsters, but to men. Innocent men.
Lakhdar Boumediene
If I'm focusing on playing and enjoying the song, then it always goes well. I get lost in the song, and the performance is so much better. If the focus becomes not making a mistake, then it just feels rigid to me.
Marketa Irglova
