Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.

When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.

The problem with listening to music today is that there's so much of it everywhere. We've got used to hearing music without actually listening to it.

The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it.

You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.

Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.