Musicians are always practicing. Sometimes the motivation and the passion are there, but other times it's hard to really feel the magic of creating music.
Classroom settings often have inspirational quotes to help young musicians and artists keep going and keep finding the will to practice their craft.
Whether you're a student or not, quotes like the ones below are great to have in your arsenal to read, hang in art form around your house, recite to yourself in affirmations, and much more.
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"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine". - Ludwig van Beethoven
"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practice every day." - Unknown
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect." - Vince Lombardi
"If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it." - Jascha Heifetz
"Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." - Unknown
"Everything we do is practice for something greater than where we currently are. Practice only makes for improvement." - Les Brown
"It takes a long time to sound like yourself." - Miles Davis
"It's not about perfect, it's about effort, and when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens, that's how change occurs." - Julián Michaels
"Practice puts brains in your muscles." - Sam Snead
"Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired." - Martha Graham
"You have to, take a deep breath. and allow the music to flow through you. Revel in it, allow yourself to awe. When you play allow the music to break your heart with its beauty." - Kelly White
"A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one." - Dmitri Shostakovich
"Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape." - Shania Twain
"The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be." - Pete Seeger
"Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway." - Emory Austin
"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Bob Marley
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"The music we do is for people to enjoy, dance and sing to it. Dreamers - keep on dreaming and keep working hard to achieve your goals. There are many difficulties, but what matters is to stay focused and have perseverance." - Bad Bunny
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." - Tim Notke
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." - Jim Rohn
"You have to have a dream, whether big or small. Then plan well, focus, work hard, and be very determined to achieve your goals." - Henry Sy
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." - Confucius
"Sticking to good habits can be hard work, and mistakes are part of the process. Don't declare failure simply because you messed up or because you're having trouble reaching your goals. Instead, use your mistakes as opportunities to grow stronger and become better." - Amy Morin
"If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you." - Les Brown
"People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them." - Tony Robbins
"You need lofty goals. Then cement it with a great work ethic." - Jerry West
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"Practice makes permanent." - Bobby Robson
"Music is the strongest form of magic." - Marilyn Manson
"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Bob Marley
"Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice." - Anton Chekhov
"Music is love in search of a word." - Sidney Lanier
"Music is the shorthand of emotion." - Leo Tolstoy
"Music is the best means we have of digesting time." - W. H. Auden
"You play like you practice and practice how you play." - Marcus Luttrel
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