People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'

Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights.

Music has always been transnational.

I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.

Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.

I play an instrument that has four strings, and I'm still trying to get it right. What I've tried to do in the process of playing these four strings is to try and understand the people I meet, the stories they have to tell. And then become an advocate for them and their stories through music.

Perfection is not very communicative