The Art Of Not Playing

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

Each Person Has Inside A Basic Decency And Goodness. If He Listens To It And Acts On It, He Is Giving A Great Deal Of What It Is The World Needs Most. It Is Not Complicated But It Takes Courage. It Takes Courage For A Person To Listen To His Own Goodness And Act On It.

Man Has Made Many Machines, Complex And Cunning, But Which Of Them Indeed Rivals The Workings Of His Heart?

The Only Weapons I Ever Had Were My Cello And My Baton.

Resist Doing Things That Have No Meaning For Life.