Good things happen when you meet strangers.

I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in the transmission of music is to be its best advocate at that moment.

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

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.

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