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David Ogden Stiers

What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give.

David Ogden Stiers

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David Ogden Stiers means that when children calmly focus and fully listen to music without distractions, they gain a deeper and richer experience from it. This attentive openness allows music to affect them in ways that are more rewarding than the effort they put in to be still and present.

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