You don't need to be a performer in order to dive into the sensory experience of music. Simply get as close as you can to the source of the music.

That word 'prodigy' has such a derogatory implication. It is used to describe people who are forced to play a lot of concerts very early, people whose audience comes because of their youth, people who are exploited. None of the above really applied to me.

Music can inspire immediate emotional reactions, even if the only person who hears it is the person creating it.

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