It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.

I want to create endless possibilities with this cello. I become the medium through which the music is being channeled.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

I'm interested in music that happens now and that relates to our lives now.

I was a rebel and I wanted to do something that nobody else did, and nobody else played the cello. Also, I was also a small kid and I liked the fact that it was big.

The negative way of thinking based on constant complaints, strains, and objections of discontent steals our energy

There is nothing in the world more powerful than an idea. No weapon can destroy it, no power can conquer it except the power of another idea.

That’s why I wanted to be a writer - because someone I loved told me I could be one.

Life is all about choices. Choices define us, sculpt us. What will your choices say about you?

I had no desire to be famous I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

If you want to know how many prison cells to build, look at the number of third graders who can't read.

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.

They aren't kidding when they say, "Wash Whites separately.