People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'
Music has always been transnational.
Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.
Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society.
I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you get introduced to it in the right way, it becomes your friend for life.