To retire is the beginning of death.
Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.
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.
Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.
For me, Bach is like Shakespeare. He has known all and felt all. He is everything.
Do we dare be ourselves? That is the question that counts.