The reactions music evokes are not feelings, but they are the images, memories of feelings.
I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing.
Mozart makes you believe in God because it cannot be by chance that such a phenomenon arrives into this world and leaves such an unbounded number of unparalleled masterpieces.
I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have grown up in Hungary, a country that lives and breathes music-that has a passionate belief in the power of music as a celebration of life.
Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music - that is the death of a musician.
Everyone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense.
The joy of working with the Chicago Symphony was immeasureable.
We must fix our broken education system. Every parent deserves a choice as to how to best educate their children so that every child has a chance to fulfill their potential.
Guitar players never listen to lead singers.
Maybe hope isn't the most dangerous thing a person can have. Maybe love is.
The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.