Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart..

Music will save the world.

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

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness… I see what people call God in all these things.

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.

I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are...