I hope this will be an inspiration and an example to young people.

It is my belief...that the talents every child has, regardless of his official 'I.Q,' could stay with him through life, to enrich him and everybody else, if these talents were not regarded as commodities with a value in the success-stakes.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

Our descendants will achieve things that will amaze us, yet a portion of what they will create could have been made with today’s materials and tools if we had had the imagination. Think bigger.

If young girls are looking at me, and my path to get here, I hope they get inspired to do the same.

For a long time, I’ve known that the key to getting started down the path of being remarkable in anything is to simply act with the intention of being remarkable.

I want young players to realise that in doing what you love, you can be an amazing person: a legend, a role model, an icon.

To me, there is no greater calling … If I can inspire young people to dedicate themselves to the good of mankind, I've accomplished something.

I see no particular merit in the fact that I was an artist at the age of eleven. I was born with an ability, with music in me, that is all. No special credit was due me. The only credit we can claim is for the use we make of the talent we are given. That is why I urge young musicians: “Don’t be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters. You must cherish this gift. Do not demean or waste what you have been given. Work — work constantly and nourish it.”

Of course the gift to be cherished most of all is that of life itself. One’s work should be a salute to life.

the idea is not to live forever, but create something that will

I’d love to be remembered for inspiring young people to live their best lives, to aspire for courageous leadership, transformative leadership.

Only by using everything and anything you know about the craft of storytelling can you make your talent forge story. For talent without craft is like fuel without an engine. It burns wildly but accomplishes nothing.

I know this will be an inspiration for them (young girls). Of course, when you see someone you look up to doing well, you want to definitely be like them. So this is going to motivate and inspire them. I hope it works.

If your work can surprise you then you have started something worthwhile.