There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered.

What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch?

Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.

When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.

Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong.

A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.

I am very lucky and grateful to have this living link to a past era, the violin presumably having much more history to it than the later portion that I know.

There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.

Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.

I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.

Death is contagious

A quotation can often give the best advice.

Strength is not created by adversity

The franchise tag is worth something to the team, and you can't be afraid to use it.

Keep the deepest feelings of your heart to yourself. They tend to stay more pure if you do. There is a wisdom to that.

I'm confused, and brilliant books help me to be less so.

I'm never going to let nobody take those kids. They Michael's kids. They have no right to try to take those kids. It's going to be a big mess over that.

In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.

Kids haven't changed much, but parents seem increasingly unhappy with the child raising phase of their lives.

Maybe there will always be a market for the regular comic books because you can read [them] at your own pace. You can save them, collect them, [then] go back and read them again.