I want to do everything. That's my problem.

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.

Teachers need to sit with their journal and write in the voice of that teenager. Write and remember. That’s who we teach!

I like to leave a little room to innovate and change things around while I'm working.

You don't have to be strong all the time, Xena. Sometimes it's good for the soul to be soft.

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

Information is a difference that makes a difference.

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

I see several animals that live so entire and perfect a life, some without sight, others without hearing: who knows whether to us also one, two, or three, or many other senses, may not be wanting?

What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

When I see Messi play, in my opinion, he should win the Ballon d'Or every year. He is an unbelievable player.

O Music! how it grieves me that imprudence, intemperance, gluttony, should open their channels into thy sacred stream.