Nobody Else Can Make The Sound You

When People Ask Me How They Should Approach Performance, I Always Tell Them The Professional Musician Should Aspire To The State Of The Beginner.

I Think Of A Piece Of Music As Something That Comes Alive When It Is Being Performed, And I Feel That My Role In The Transmission Of Music Is To Be Its Best Advocate At That Moment.

I Really Would Like To Be Involved In Things And To Understand Things, And In Some Ways You've Got To Be Careful What You Wish For Because I Feel Very, Very Blessed To Have Such An Interesting Life And To Be Able To Have Little Snapshots Of Lives Of People From Many Different Parts Of The World.

After Reaching 50, I Began To Wonder What The Root Of Life Is.

I Don't Always Have A Five-year Plan. One Thing You Must Do In Life Is Keep Your Learning Curve As High As Possible.