Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart?

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.

Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.

You do not lose your value or preciousness when you grow to be a adult. You are still that miraculous creation. You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.

Music must serve a purpose; it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity.

The answer to helplessness is not so very complicated.

To live is not enough; we must take part.