If You Play Bach Every Day, You

For Me, Bach Is Like Shakespeare. He Has Known All And Felt All. He Is Everything.

I Am A Very Simple Man. I Am A Man First, An Artist Second. My First Obligation Is To The Welfare Of My Fellow Man. I Will Endeavour To Meet This Obligation Through Music, Since It Transcends Language, Politics And National Boundaries.

The Simplest Things In Music Are The Ones That Count. The Simplest Thing Are, Of Course, Also The Most Difficult To Achieve And Take Years Of Work.

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.

How Could Anybody Think Of Bach As 'cold' When These [cello] Suites Seem To Shine With The Most Glittering Kind Of Poetry," Casals Said. "as I Got On With The Study I Discovered A New World Of Space And Beauty... The Feelings I Experienced Were Among The Purest And Most Intense In My Artistic Life!