To Retire Is The Beginning Of Death.

Bach Is The Supreme Genius Of Music... This Man, Who Knows Everything And Feels Everything, Cannot Write One Note, However Unimportant It May Appear, Which Is Anything But Transcendent. He Has Reached The Heart Of Every Noble Thought, And Has Done It In The Most Perfect Way.

Rock N' Roll Is Poison Put To Sound.

For Me, Bach Is Like Shakespeare. He Has Known All And Felt All. He Is Everything.

Do We Dare To Be Ourselves?' This Is The Question That Counts - And Not, 'must A Man Be Helpless?' ...a Man Can Do Something For Peace Without Having To Jump Into Politics.

Throughout My Career, Nervousness And Stage-fright Have Never Left Me Before Playing. And Each Of The Thousands Of Concerts I Have Played At, I Feel As Bad As I Did The Very First Time.