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

To retire is to begin to die.

Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.

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.

The answer to helplessness is not so very complicated.

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

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.