Our Cultural Strength Has Always Been Derived

I Think The Purpose Of A Piece Of Music Is Significant When It Actually Lives In Somebody Else. A Composer Puts Down A Code, And A Performer Can Activate The Code In Somebody Else. Once It Lives In Somebody Else, It Can Live In Others As Well.

I Learn Something Not Because I Have To, But Because I Really Want To. That's The Same View I Have For Performing. I'm Performing Because I Really Want To, Not Because I Have To Bring Bread Back Home.

One Is That You Have To Take Time, Lots Of Time, To Let An Idea Grow From Within. The Second Is That When You Sign On To Something, There Will Be Issues Of Trust, Deep Trust, The Way The Members Of A String Quartet Have To Trust One Another.

There's A Part Of Me That's Always Charging Ahead. I'm The Curious Kid, Always Going To The Edge.

My Teacher, My Great Cello Teacher Leonard Rose, Was Such A Great Cellist, And Nurturing Man, Very Patient. But I Grew Up Not Only Admiring Him, But Obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline Du Pre, And Many Others, Including Many Of My Peers And Contemporaries.