The Magnus Liber

The Magnus Liber Pineda Dictae:

• I can take this guy (respect every piece but fear none; observe, think, then react and you can play anything you want).
  
• Speed doesn't kill if you know how to drive (musical decisions are never based on technical limitations).
  
• No guts, no groupies (This needs no explanation).
  
• Just brew it (or, as Mark Twain put it, "Talk about a war by a soldier who has been in one is more interesting than talk about the moon by a poet who has never been there;" or, simply, put up or shut up).
  
• If in doubt, get off the stage (or, as the Boy Scouts of America say, "Always be prepared;" if you are not prepared, what the heck are you doing on stage?).
  
• Eat your crow while it is piping hot (own up to your mistakes right away; crow tastes really bad if you let it get freezer burn; a nice temperanillo or a sip of Cuervo helps it go down).