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

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

Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over the world.

There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.

Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.

With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear.