“One of the very best things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.”

“For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.”

“I was an elementary school teacher.”

“I want to be famous everywhere.”

“Concentration is everything. On the day I'm performing I don't hear anything anyone says to me.”

“One of the very best things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.”

“Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.”