To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.

Of course, I continue to play and to practice. I think I would do so if I lived for another hundred years.

The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.

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

What do we teach our children? . . . We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique . . . You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything.

Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.