You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.

I always find it funny when people say, "I don't really like classical music" or "it doesn't do anything for me." I tell them, "Well, you know, it does. You go to films and you're responding to it, and you've heard it..." It's controlling you! So don't think you're not being affected. It's a great medium for music.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.

There are some great teachers who have had great students, but they themselves can't play a note. I don't understand it, because the most I learned from my teacher was just hearing him play.

I want to do everything. That's my problem.

I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.