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

To live is not enough; we must take part.

The truly important things in life - love, beauty, and one's own uniqueness - are constantly being overlooked.

Throughout my career, nervousness and stage-fright have never left me before playing. And each of the thousands of concerts I have played at, I feel as bad as I did the very first time.

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.

We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.

The situation is hopeless, we must take the next step.