• FW: What do you consider to be the most important ideas and concepts to impart to aspiring musicians?
  • Daniel Tong: If you don’t love music unconditionally then it’s not the job for you.
  • There’s always more to learn.
  • Be an avid student and have respect for the musicians of the past as well as the present.
  • Forget your instrument – it’s just a means to an end.
  • Every note means something.
  • Always be open.
  • Nothing kills music more quickly than dogma.
  • Music doesn’t speak for itself. It speaks through us, the performers.