Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you get introduced to it in the right way, it becomes your friend for life.

The thing that I've always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a material possession that you can put on a shelf. And the idea of music, for me, is always about both the communication and the sharing of content. And so the interactive part is missing.

I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.

When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.

Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society.

Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.

Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.