Improvisation is not the expression of accident but rather of the accumulated yearnings, dreams and wisdom of our very soul.

The violinist must possess the poets gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.

Our life must have an aim, but we must also ensure that the direction we take is a good one.

The ultimate aim in life should be to fulfill to the utmost all that within our ability and to share that which is good and beautiful.

I still look to music to heal and bind; I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man solace but also a reminder of human excellence.

Music lives and breathes to tell us who we are and what we face. It is a path between ourselves and the infinite.

There are three levels of service. The highest level is that of one who performs good deeds the whole day and yet feels that he has not acheived anything. The second level is someone who, though he has not done anything, knows that he has not corrected anything in this world. This is good, and there is hope for him that he might correct his ways. However, someone who is righteous in his own eyes deceived himself all his life; his good deeds will be lost.