"Music must be treated as all things that are eternal, such as love and understanding, because it is these things that will carry us through the darkness of our lives and the death of our bodies to the moon of everlasting peace." These were the words of a Chinese grandmother to a friend of mine in a moment of frustration when the friend was trying to learn a difficult nocturne by Chopin. "You must love the music, not master it," the grandmother said.
— John S. Dunne, The Music of Time