It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'
“I would so much like young people to have a sense of the gift that they are. Not many of them feel like that.”
“I don't feel like I have anything to lose, so I don't really understand what I'm putting at risk.”