The main thing in life is not to be afraid to be human. - Eric Siblin

The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.

It is not a mechanical routine but something essential to my daily life. I go to the piano, and I play two preludes and fugues of Bach. I cannot think of doing otherwise. It is a sort of benediction on the house. But that is not its only meaning for me. It is a rediscovery of the world of which I have the joy of being a part. It fills me with awareness of the wonder of life, with a feeling of the incredible marvel of being a human being. The music is never the same for me, never. Each day is something new, fantastic, unbelievable. That is Bach, like nature, a miracle!

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.