When People Come To Play Music As

Practice Like It Means Everything In The World To You. Perform Like You Don't Give A Damn.

I Occasionally Play Works By Contemporary Composers And For Two Reasons. First To Discourage The Composer From Writing Any More And Secondly To Remind Myself How Much I Appreciate Beethoven.

The Discipline Of Practice Every Day Is Essential. When I Skip A Day, I Notice A Difference In My Playing. After Two Days, The Critics Notice, And After Three Days, So Does The Audience.

If I Don't Practice One Day, I Know It; Two Days, The Critics Know It; Three Days, The Public Knows It.

If The Almighty Himself Played The Violin, The Credits Would Still Read 'rubinstein, God, And Piatigorsky', In That Order.