“Sound is ephemeral, fleeting, but some sort of a physical manifestation can help…” — Yo-Yo Ma

Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights.

It's easy for me to care about Toronto, because Toronto is a community that cares about itself. It represents the world. It talks to itself, and because it does, it figures out that there must be a music garden as part of its existence.

I think anybody who goes away finds you appreciate home more when you return.

People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'