Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.

Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet.

My job is to awaken possibility in other people.