The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.

The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

When we play an unaccompanied Bach suite we may compare ourselves to an actor in Shakespeare's day, creating scenery which did not exist at all, through the power of declamation and suggestion. So in Bach. There is but one voice -- and many voices have to be suggested.

The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.

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

Music will save the world.

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.