Anne Akiko Meyers Quotes

• Even though I started playing the violin when I was four, my early chamber music experiences helped build a strong foundation for my solo work, as all music is a rich language and dialogue that is shared on stage, no matter what the size of the ensemble.

  Anne Akiko Meyers

  Strong, Four, Violin

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• Music should be an integral part of one's life, but how one is able to access it or use it as a career vehicle will always remain in question.

  Anne Akiko Meyers

  Careers, Use, Able

  Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.

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• One has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it.

  Anne Akiko Meyers

  Rich, Commit

  Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.

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• I've always had my ear peeled for interesting music. As a student, I regularly spent time hunting for interesting repertoire, looking through music bins, buying stacks and stacks of CDs, and discovering rarely played pieces by composers.

  Anne Akiko Meyers

  Hunting, Cds, Interesting

  Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.

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• When I was seven years old, I was leading a quartet and trio, and that really laid the groundwork for me as a musician.

  Anne Akiko Meyers

  Years, Musician, Trios

  Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.

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• I've always believed that the range or depth of emotion can be great, whether you're play a three-minute piece, or a half-hour work.

  Anne Akiko Meyers

  Play, Depth, Three

  Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.

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• There are many ways to get involved with lives or communities and enrich the minds of others through music, but you really have to want to do this.

  Anne Akiko Meyers

  Community, Mind, Want

  Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.

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• I remember performing in Russia when I was twenty, and I stayed at this hotel with 3000 rooms. There were sailors knocking on my room door, wanting to barter stuffed animals with Marlboros that I had been instructed to bring!

  Anne Akiko Meyers

  Animal, Russia, Doors

  Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.

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