Do We Dare Be Ourselves? That Is

Do We Dare Be Ourselves? That Is The Question That Counts.

When We Play An Unaccompanied Bach Suite We May Compare Ourselves To An Actor In Shakespeare's Day, Creating Scenery Which Did Not Exist At All, Through The Power Of Declamation And Suggestion. So In Bach. There Is But One Voice -- And Many Voices Have To Be Suggested.

For Me, Bach Is Like Shakespeare. He Has Known All And Felt All. He Is Everything.

There Is No Substitute For Work; What Seems Ease Of Performance Comes From The Greatest Labor.

For Twelve Years I Studied And Worked At Them Every Day, And I Was Nearly 25 Before I Had The Courage To Play One Of Them In Public. Before I Did, No Violinist Or Cellist Had Ever Played A Suite In Its Entirety.