And it has become a kind of a truism in the study of creativity that you can’t be creating anything with less than 10 years of technical knowledge immersion in a particular field.
––– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, researcher in happiness, creativity and “flow”

Lengthy immersion in the works of other composers can tire. The music of Mozart does not tire, and this is one of its miracles.
––– George Snell

It’s so important to listen to music, to listen again and again. Eat, sleep and drink music.
––– Arturo Sandoval