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

You must have a reason to be in the places to which you go, and you must do only things that you really care about.

Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.

We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.

Good things happen when you meet strangers.

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

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.