You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

Well, rhythm is 90 percent of the interpretation.

When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is worse than you, then you go down.

Colour does not make so much difference. Look at the Bach Chaconne: There is not one dynamic mark in the whole Bach Chaconne. Colours do not make so much difference.

A specialist is someone who does everything else worse.

Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's style but you have to know these styles.

It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists, they also had a good technique, they were not tonally as good.

This young man is an exceptionally gifted and talented violinist ... He is a first class talent.

True friends are always together in spirit." Lucy Maud Montgomery

Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.

Africa. There are a gazillion different languages people speak there, different bone structures, so vast and different.

There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

We may surprised at whom God sends to answer our prayers.

The revolution occurs when the victims cease to cooperate.

I believe there are Steve Jobses all around us. Really, what is happening is that they're being edited out of importance.

Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they're freaked out: drinking tea.

The fact is: You are not a manager of circumstance, you're the architect of your life's experience.