When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.

Perfection is not very communicative

Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.

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

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.

The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else.

I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.