Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
If the audience doesn’t hear what is going on, is it going on?
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.
Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.
What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, including ethics, has a price.
In strange and uncertain times such as those we are living in, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But hope is unreasonable and love is greater even than this. May we trust the inexpressible benevolence of the creative impulse.
I’m not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.
Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.
There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.
Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.