Do we dare be ourselves? That is the question that counts.
For twelve years I studied and worked at them every day, and I was nearly 25 before I had the courage to play one of them in public. Before I did, no violinist or cellist had ever played a Suite in its entirety.
To retire is to begin to die.
I don't have hobbies. I have passions.
The situation is hopeless, we must take the next step.
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.