To Retire Is The Beginning Of Death.

The Art Of Not Playing In Tempo--one Has To Learn It. And The Art Of Not Playing What Is Written On The Printed Paper.

Don’t Be Vain Because You Happen To Have Talent. You Are Not Responsible For That; It Was Not Of Your Doing. What You Do With Your Talent Is What Matters.

In Music, In The Sea, In A Flower, In A Leaf, In An Act Of Kindness... I See What People Call God In All These Things.

Of Course, I Continue To Play And To Practice. I Think I Would Do So If I Lived For Another Hundred Years.

Resist Doing Things That Have No Meaning For Life.