Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have a great oboe player, because we work in tandem.

I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.

You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.

You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.

Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in.

There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.

Conducting is a strange thing to teach.

Actors want to do Shakespeare again and again, or want to do Hamlet. When you hear one guy do Hamlet and another guy do it, it's going to be a whole different experience.

Knowledge is something which you can use.Belief is something which uses you.

Some thoughts you underestimate but may be capable of energizing the world. Never delay to put your thoughts into words.

We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.

Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?

Do not wish evil for others. Do not speak ill of others. Do not obstruct anyones activities.

I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.

Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!

I took up boxing to get in shape for filming because it's grueling - all the running, the heat, the yelling, the crying that we do.

People who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design.

When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.