Say Things To The World

I Am An Old Man But In Many Senses A Very Young Man. And This Is What I Want You To Be, Young, Young All Your Life.

To Retire Is The Beginning Of Death.

We Ought To Think That We Are One Of The Leaves Of A Tree, And The Tree Is All Humanity. We Cannot Live Without The Others, Without The Tree.

I Am A Very Simple Man. I Am A Man First, An Artist Second. My First Obligation Is To The Welfare Of My Fellow Man. I Will Endeavour To Meet This Obligation Through Music, Since It Transcends Language, Politics And National Boundaries.

Throughout My Career, Nervousness And Stage-fright Have Never Left Me Before Playing. And Each Of The Thousands Of Concerts I Have Played At, I Feel As Bad As I Did The Very First Time.