The art of not playing in tempo--one has to learn it. And the art of not playing what is written on the printed paper.

Music will save the world.

I don't have hobbies. I have passions.

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

Parents shouldn't lie to their children-not even when they think it's for their own good. Even a little lie is dangerous.

Real understanding does not come from what we learn in books; it comes from what we learn from love of nature, of music, of man. For only what is learned in that way is truly understood.

For me, Bach is like Shakespeare. He has known all and felt all. He is everything.