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

We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.

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

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

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

Music has always been transnational.

When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.