Same thing with harmonies. If you hear something that harmonically is interesting, express it. So that's what I'm saying about talking the music rather than just playing through.

One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.

Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.

Never miss an opportunity to teach; when you teach others, you teach yourself.

One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.

Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all.

The most important thing to do is really listen.

Ask many of us who are disabled what we would like in life and you would be surprised how few would say, 'Not to be disabled.' We accept our limitations.

I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music.

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.

When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in.

Whoever honoured the word of God shall be blessed.

My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself.

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering , 'When do I put my arm around her?'

Pray that I may be very little in my own eyes, and not rob my dear Master of any part of his glory.

I think we really have to take a good, hard look at our system of corporate consolidated press. We need to break them up.

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear.

I obviously think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do commercially.

I do believe it is the first time in history that fire has ever melted steel. I do believe that it defies physics for the World Trade Center Tower Seven, building seven, which collapsed in on itself.