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

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

Sound is ephemeral, fleeting, but some sort of a physical manifestation can help you hold on to it longer in time. I'm sure of this; I've always thought the sound that you make is just the tip of the iceberg, like the person that you see physically is just the tip of the iceberg as well.

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

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

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.

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.