"Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount."

Family, Imagination, People, Children

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"Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount."

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"Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure."

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"Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong."

Accident

"When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag."

People

"Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions."

Appearance

"Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time."

Time

"Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him."

Father

"The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the like."

Love

"Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality."

Money

"There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive."

Canada

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Being