Jascha Heifetz

There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side.

I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.

If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.