Music Is One Of The Ways We

People Will Ask, 'are You Famous?' And I Always Answer, 'my Mother Thinks So.'

There Are Limits To How Much Sound A Cello Can Make. That's Part Of The Framing Of Acoustical Instruments. Finding What Those Limits Might Be, And Then Trying To Suggest Perhaps Even The Illusion Of Going Beyond Is Part Of That Kind Of Effort.

Things Can Fall Apart, Or Threaten To, For Many Reasons, And Then There's Got To Be A Leap Of Faith. Ultimately, When You're At The Edge, You Have To Go Forward Or Backward; If You Go Forward, You Have To Jump Together.

But An Innovation, To Grow Organically From Within, Has To Be Based On An Intact Tradition, So Our Idea Is To Bring Together Musicians Who Represent All These Traditions, In Workshops, Festivals, And Concerts, To See How We Can Connect With Each Other In Music.

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.