There is more than one right way to make music.

And you can study music all your life and never run out of new things to learn.

Some very educated musicians can be great technicians and lousy musicians, or they can be great technicians and great musicians.

Studying music is a way to learn how to use the tools of music. If you know the tools well, you can usually express yourself better.

Great talent can overcome lack of education, but if that great talent is educated I would think he/she would be even better.

That isn't to say that you are lousy without the education, it's just that you can get better with it.

At least that's how I feel about it - YMMV

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