I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment

The Steinway pianos of today are the finest I have ever played.

Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.

Art has never been a popularity contest.

Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs.

As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation.

We're in the midst of an evolution, not a revolution.