Music must serve a purpose; it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity.

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.

Rock n' roll is poison put to sound.

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

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

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.

As long as one can admire and love, then one is young forever.