My belief is that the music is always stronger than the performer: there is always something new, something we learn, whether at a performance or during a rehearsal.

The piece of music is nothing without the act of interpretation. That is the only way it can live, and it's a totally abstract thing.

Music does not live until it's interpreted - with all of its flaws, mannerisms, etc. It needs to be incarnated to be something.

We cannot underestimate the power of the different art forms, and the correspondences between them, which are an unending source of inspiration and enrichment.

Use what you have got to create your world.

You are right... I am lonely. But unlike the rest of this world I am not lonely for anybody.

An element of wisdom is knowing that life experiences are blood brothers with climate change, whether you have the resources to detect weather changes, it can still surprise you anytime.

It's amazing how quickly people get used to bad quality.

It began of nothing and in nothing it ends. [Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

To speak ill of a good person is not truly good, all in all.

You need to be proactive, carve out time in your schedule, and take responsibility for being the healthiest person you can be - no one else is going to do it for you.

The smartest thing I ever did was to hire my weakness.

It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.