Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.

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

The simplest things in music are the ones that count. The simplest thing are, of course, also the most difficult to achieve and take years of work.

To be a musician is a great privilege but it is also a very great responsibility. One must think that to be a musician is a gift - a gift from Nature. There is no great merit in us except in loving this gift with respect and devotion and doing everything possible to honor that gift by work and more work. We must work with conviction and humility, searching for beauty, simplicity, and the Truth. And it is for us musicians to do all in our power for a better world. Music must carry the message of beauty, of love and of peace.

You do not lose your value or preciousness when you grow to be a adult. You are still that miraculous creation. You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.

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.

The only weapons I ever had were my cello and my baton.