We all know the saying, "The more time you put into something, the more you get out of it." It's true with music too. You can't expect to be a good musician if you never practice music! Practice doesn't just mean putting your horn to your face or your fingers on the keys and having at it. There are different ways to practice, including actively listening to good recordings, reading music related books, and writing your own music!
When I was just a freshman in college, I started practicing a minimum of three hours a day. The results were incredible! In fact, the progress itself was enough encouragement to keep me in the musical career field. This summer I taught trumpet lessons to five highschool aged kids, and even though I knew they weren't practicing more than half an hour a day, I could hear leaps and bounds of improvement in their sound.
The moral of the story is: PRACTICE! Pick an instrument that you really want to play, do some quick research on the internet to find a good method book to learn from, and start playing even just for 15 minutes each day. You'll be surprised how quickly you can learn!
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