I Don't Have Hobbies. I Have Passions.

I Am A Very Simple Man. I Am A Man First, An Artist Second. My First Obligation Is To The Welfare Of My Fellow Man. I Will Endeavour To Meet This Obligation Through Music, Since It Transcends Language, Politics And National Boundaries.

The Simplest Things In Music Are The Ones That Count. The Simplest Thing Are, Of Course, Also The Most Difficult To Achieve And Take Years Of Work.

Thank God, I'll Never Have To Play The Cello Again.

Every Wrong Seems Possible Today, And Is Accepted. I Don't Accept It.

Man Has Made Many Machines, Complex And Cunning, But Which Of Them Indeed Rivals The Workings Of His Heart?