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

The truly important things in life - love, beauty, and one's own uniqueness - are constantly being overlooked.

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.

The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.

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.

The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.

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