You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.

People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But they must have a balance of soul, a balance for human beauty. That means art has an important role.

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.

Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these people with my music. I will try so hard for them. Their president is a Christian, their prime minister is a Muslim. Music is for everyone.

I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.

It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.