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"I don't have to worry No matter what they do to it, it works."
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"I'm too busy playing to worry about the movement or the fingerboard."

"I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike."

"You know who helped me a lot? Jane Fonda. She said, Look at how many times I've been up and I've been down. So don't worry about anything."

"I've done almost 20 films and I still worry about not finding the next one."
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"In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise."


"I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down."


"Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing."


"Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not."


"I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can."


"I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good."
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