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.

One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.

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

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

Perfection is not very communicative

One of the things I love about music is live performance.

Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.