The most important thing in music is what is not in the notes.

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

In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.

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.

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

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

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.