Everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop.

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

A lot of people like to think that polio was a inspiration in what I do. I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

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

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.

I couldn't only do one thing--I don't want the personal hell of oneness.

This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development.