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Menuhin was playing Bach on a fantastic spiritual level when he was a teenager.

I have to tell you that J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was so advanced for his time. There's a spiritual depth to his music. You can listen to it and it's like meditation.

I used to love Bach.

I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional core.

I know Pandit Ravi Shankar was very upset with me, as I did not use his compositions in 'Gandhi.' I thought that the London Philharmonic Orchestra would prove more effective than his music. It was one of my biggest miscalculations.

Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.

Working with Shankar is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

I played a lot of Bach's partitas and sonatas; I like the way that Bach was abstracting already from these dance forms.

I've spent a lot of time playing Bach partitas. One of my first jobs was to play for ballet and modern classes, so the music in 'Partita' is kind of like choreography for me.

I always find Bach to be an expression of a love of life. There's an enthusiasm that's absolutely contagious.