Experience builds intuition. Seek expansive experiences.

Relish in victories, but keep moving before the high stagnates you.

Embrace hard lessons, but shake them off before embitterment sinks in.

Technical practice, hard work, and study will transmute into intuition over time. You will navigate the world without processing information solely through the thinking mind. Your intuition can guide you.

When you make music, remember that all the practice and listening are in service of the moment. When you are in the studio or in front of an audience, the thinking mind must take a back seat. Train the thinking mind—let it learn and process. But this training allows it to step aside, letting intuition and flow take the steering wheel.

Train hard. Work hard. When the moment comes, put the mind aside.