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

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.

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.

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.

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

There are no explanations for human evil. Only excuses.

A person who has power has an open mind. Their mind is open and they can see on other levels. Seeing is a quality that comes to a person who has personal power.

Sadhana is towards creating a sense of inner fulfillment, where there is no need to lean on anyone anymore.

Compound interest is proof of gods existence.

I was living in Woodstock for a long time, and I thought, I got to get out of here, man.

Fundamentalists of different religions have more in common with each other than they do with the moderates of their own religions.

I think one day Madonna's going to say Jesus is Lord, one day Muhammad is going to say Jesus is Lord, Hitler will say Jesus is Lord.

Pity for him who one day looks uponhis inward sphinx and questions it. He is lost.

Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by building quality into the product in the first place.