I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.

This machine, the wheelchair, I can go all over the place, but you need a place without stairs to get in.

Believe me, I've had interviews where the person says, "So when did you start and why? What about your parents?" I say to them, "Please, have you heard of the word Google?"

A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.

One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.

There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.