Because I don't take money, I'll go anywhere and do a benefit concert with almost any orchestra.

When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not easy.

We lament the speed of our society and the lack of depth and the nature of disposable information.

High school music teachers... nobody makes a living off it.

What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give.

I've played Lear three times, I would love to do it again.

It's rare to be treated like a friend you haven't met in a Hollywood meeting.