In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages.

For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.

I listen to kids play a lot.

I can't walk very well, but I'm not onstage to do walking. I'm on the stage to play.

I feel that you always pay when you are a child.

The most important thing to do is really listen.

Beethoven concertos ... Tchaicovsky concertos ... with a lot of these wonderful masterpieces there's always something wonderful to find ... there's always something new to find.