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.
Do we dare be ourselves? That is the question that counts.
To retire is the beginning of death.
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.
You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.