Jascha Heifetz Quotes

Because I am of a generation and slightly old-fashioned, my bottom line belief is what you do is you rehearse and you work and you own it. Of course, you hone it during the first few performances but once you have it honed, not that you must ever assume it is perfect, part of the craft is being able to repeat that.

I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

You play like you practice and practice how you play.

You practice how you play. I still believe that.

I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.

You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.

No one really sees pro athletes behind the scenes. They don't know how hard they work. They don't see how you work on the basics. They couldn't possibly know. You wouldn't think that someone who hits like Alex Rodriguez needs to use a tee every day. But that's how he stayed on top of it.

My thing has always been preparation. When I was a performer on the roster as one of the guys on a weekly, full-time schedule, I was always prepared.

I have to go at a good pace because how you practice, that's how you play.

I have always tried to improve myself in every practice session. When it comes to playing and preparation, I am as disciplined and dedicated as anyone else.

If it takes 30 days of rehearsal, you better ace all 30 of those days. When it's game time, you're ready to play ball.

We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was playable. What it did was make you practice. That's good for any musician to have that kind of pressure. It brings things out of you that might not come out if you don't have to reach for something all the time.

To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

Practice every time you get a chance.

Get in theater, really work your craft. Get really, really good so that when people say your name, your name is associated with quality, with integrity.

You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.

My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only play when I'm writing or recording or when I'm playing on tour. When I'm sitting around at home, I never play.

As somebody who has wanted to be an actor who is very young, I can relate to somebody who has been practicing oboe five days a week since they were very young. The physicality of anything a character does is a tremendous gift.

Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!

I practice a lot.

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.