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

When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.

Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society.

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.

Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or actually doing it.

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.