"The world is not a wish-granting factory."

The best way to predict the future is to design it.

Every role I take is a journey into a new world, a new experience.

I believe that classical music can be accessible to everyone if we present it in a way that speaks to the heart.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

If facts, logic, and scientific procedures are all just arbitrarily "socially constructed" notions, then all that is left is consensus--more specifically peer consensus, the kind of consensus that matters to adolescents or to many among the intelligentsia.

The everyday is always extraordinary if you look closely enough.