I tried practicing for a few weeks and ended up playing too fast.

Not for me. If I want to tune everybody out, I just take off my glasses and enjoy the haze.

I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity.

I discovered early in life that if you take gym first period, you can go into the wrestling room and sit in the corner and sleep.

I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.

I was unfashionable before anyone knew who I was.