Quality vs Quantity

halcyonheather
Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:56:24 +0000

I didn’t say multiple instruments at a professional level. I said one instrument at a high level and a couple others more basically. I know of several people who do this, probably because some instruments are somewhat similar to play (I don’t know music, but I assume).
Same with languages. The more you know of them, the more you can learn. If you know two languages fluently it’s easier to learn a third one more conversationally.
I can understand someone devoting their whole life to one thing if they were truly amazing and world-class at it, but most people never get to that level, so I think it’s probably ideal to be really good at one thing (maybe two) and have some basic skills in others.