"I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both the idea of home as in being with my family and friends, and also the idea of exploration. I think those two are probably my great interests."

"Good things happen when you meet strangers."

"My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. But I grew up not only admiring him, but obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline du Pre, and many others, including many of my peers and contemporaries."

"I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial."

"It is a radiant truth that in the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm."

"The writing of a melody is an emotional moment success doesn't make it easy."

"The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular."

"I love 70's music."