Some maxims on the significance of memory, training and habits, from musicians and others:

“We don’t rise to the occasion. We fall to the level of our training.” -Archilochus

“I sit down at the piano at 9:00 each morning. The muse has learned to come.” -Anton Rubenstein

“Good music is memorized music.” -Tony Mergel

“Never play carelessly.” – Leonard Bernstein

“Git ‘er done.” – Larry the Cable Guy