People Are Always Setting Conditions For Happiness...

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

...no Formula For Success [exists] Except, Perhaps, An Unconditional Acceptance Of Life And What It Brings." "i Accept Life Unconditionally. Most People Ask For Happiness On Condition. Happiness Can Only Be Felt If You Don't Set Any Condition.

Sometimes I Think, Not So Much Am I A Pianist, But A Vampire. All My Life I Have Lived Off The Blood Of Chopin.

Music Is Not A Hobby, Not Even A Passion With Me; Music Is Me. I Feel What People Get Out Of Me Is This Outlook On Life, Which Comes Out In My Music. My Music Is The Last Expression Of All That.

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.