I was linked this YouTube short by a friend recently:

https://youtube.com/shorts/Uc_bPtUltDU

In the clip, he points out that when you're learning language for the first time, you're allowed to "jam" with people who are professionals:

No one says, "I can't talk to you until-- you got to go over there. When you're older, then I can speak to you." That doesn't happen. No one tells you what you have to say. You're not made to sit in a corner and practice. You're never even corrected when you're wrong.

It appears to be from the Music as a Language talk by musician Victor Wooten given at TEDxGabriolaIsland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zvjW9arAZ0

He spends the rest of the talk talking about how his experience of learning English and learning music was similar, like about how you're not required to first learn an instrument or music theory before you can enjoy or explore music. This reminds me of Paul Lockhart's essay A Mathematician's Lament, in which Paul Lockhart actually uses music education as an analogy.

A few more notable quotes:

• "It wasn't about learning the instrument first; who cares about the instrument you talk with? It's about what you have to say."
• "A kid playing air guitar will play with a smile on their face. Give them the first lesson, the smile goes away. And, a lot of the times, you have to work your whole musical life to get that smile back. As teachers, we can keep that smile if we approach it the right way. And I say approach it like a language: Allow the student to keep the freedom."
• "If I use my greatness in the right way, it can help others rise up quickly." (After an sharing an anecdote of a person playing bass guitar for the first time with a professional band, without knowing how to play)