"I have often focused on patterns and exercises and the pressures and cues and the application of all of it as I thought it was about what you did that made a horseman… Doug has quietly led me to feel that its not so much about what you do but rather what you don’t do that is important. His guidance has helped me feel how stillness produces lightness and how the lightness produces willingness. The softest notes can only be heard by those who become still. I thank Doug for showing me how peaceful silence is and how much meaning it gives sound."