I'm A Free Person; I Feel Terribly

Don't Tell Me How Talented You Are. Tell Me How Hard You Work.

When I Play, I Make Love – It Is The Same Thing.

Composing A Concert Is Like Composing A Menu.... If You Start With Light Pieces And Play A 45-minute Sonata After The Interlude, It's Like Starting Dinner With Hors D'oeuvres And Dessert And Finishing With A Châteaubriand And Vegetables.

When I Sit In Paris In A Cafe, Surrounded By People, I Don't Sit Casually - I Go Over A Certain Sonata In My Head And Discover New Things All The Time.

We Only Begin To Live Life When We Learn To Accept It On Its Own Terms.