One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a roaring fire, which made him very angry. Because we didn't have a fireplace.

The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra, and then wonders why nobody loves him.

Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.

I do not have a single white note on my piano; my elephant smoked too much.

Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.

A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.

That's why I've never thought of retiring because I do it all the time whether on the stage or off. I found that in a precarious situation, a smile is the shortest distance between people. When one needs to reach out for sympathy or a link with people, what better way is there?