As a musician I'm kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I'm witness to unbelievable things.

I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both the idea of home as in being with my family and friends, and also the idea of exploration. I think those two are probably my great interests.

When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them the professional musician should aspire to the state of the beginner.

Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.

There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That's part of the framing of acoustical instruments. Finding what those limits might be, and then trying to suggest perhaps even the illusion of going beyond is part of that kind of effort.