The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.

What we hear is the quality of our listening.

Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.

In strange and uncertain times such as those we are living in, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But hope is unreasonable and love is greater even than this. May we trust the inexpressible benevolence of the creative impulse.

Beginner's luck is great for beginners.

What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely.

The only reward the musician receives is music: the privilege of standing in the presence of music when it leans over and takes us into its confidence. As it is for the audience. In this moment everything else is irrelevant and without power. For those in music, this is the moment when life becomes real.