There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

Music has a lot in com­mon with math­e­mat­ics. But in music, two and two need not make four: they add up to what­ever you wish.

There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

The discipline of practice every day is essential. When I skip a day, I notice a difference in my playing. After two days, the critics notice, and after three days, so does the audience.

Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn.

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

When people come to play music as they do to play bridge, civilization will have taken the longest stride forward since the beginning of time.