There Is Nothing Like A Fine Italian

Sometimes You Get From The Mouth Of Kids Wonderful Things.

Every Musical Phrase Has A Purpose. It's Like Talking. If You Talk With A Particular Purpose, People Listen To You, But If You Just Recite, It's Not As Meaningful.

I Don't Feel That The Conductor Has Real Power. The Orchestra Has The Power, And Every Member Of It Knows Instantaneously If You're Just Beating Time.

The Thing Is That What You Try To Do When You Play Is You Try To Play Not Below A Certain Level. In Other Words, It Can Be A Special Day Where It Would Be Phenomenal, But If It's Not Below A Certain Level, That's The Goal. You Know, That's What You Want To Do. That's Why You Practice And So On.

For Every Child Prodigy That You Know About, At Least 50 Potential Ones Have Burned Out Before You Even Heard About Them.