If I Don't Practice One Day, I

The Discipline Of Practice Every Day Is Essential. When I Skip A Day, I Notice A Difference In My Playing. After Two Days, The Critics Notice, And After Three Days, So Does The Audience.

I Have Discovered Three Things Which Know No Geographical Borders - Classical Music, American Jazz, And Applause As The Sign Of The Public's Favor.

There Is No Such Thing As Perfection, There Are Only Standards. And After You Have Set A Standard You Learn That It Was Not High Enough. You Want To Surpass It.

I Occasionally Play Works By Contemporary Composers And For Two Reasons. First To Discourage The Composer From Writing Any More And Secondly To Remind Myself How Much I Appreciate Beethoven.

Music Has A Lot In Com­mon With Math­e­mat­ics. But In Music, Two And Two Need Not Make Four: They Add Up To What­ever You Wish.