- 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.
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