“I was born in Paris, my parents are Polish, and I lived in Norway. I came here to study guitar with Mick Goodrick, who is a guitar teacher legend. That had been my goal for several years. After my grandmother in Poland passed away, I found out that she had been saving all my life for my college education without my knowing it.”
“I can also give you a phrase I often think about: Small horses, big ponies.”
“They’re basically the same thing, but you can perceive them as two different things. It depends on your perspective. It’s a matter of how we label things. Anything. I’m not quite sure how to explain it. It’s not that deep, but it’s also not as apparent. It’s along the same lines as that Star Wars quote, ‘There’s always a bigger fish.’ You can perceive something as bigger or smaller depending on your angle. There’s always that element of comparison, which can sometimes be very destructive, by the way. It applies to achievements, but it also applies to other things. I come from a classical tradition. There are a lot of single pieces of motifs and melodies that get transformed and turned around and used in a lot of different ways. You have to always be able to see certain elements from a lot of different angles.”
“How do you view your own achievements in light of this phrase? You’re going to a great college, and you’re working with a great teacher.”
“I think that’s more a matter of circumstances. I don’t feel that I’m here because of my own work. As I said, I was given a lot of resources. I had a great opportunity. If anything, I now have a responsibility to do something good.”
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