When I Was Young, I Used To

The Seasons Are What A Symphony Ought To Be: Four Perfect Movements In Harmony With Each Other.

Sometimes When I Sit Down To Practice And There Is No One Else In The Room, I Have To Stifle An Impulse To Ring For The Elevator Man And Offer Him Money To Come In And Hear Me.

I Was Born Very, Very Lazy And I Don't Always Practice Very Long. But I Must Say, In My Defense, That It Is Not So Good, In A Musical Way, To Overpractice. When You Do, The Music Seems To Come Out Of Your Pocket. If You Play With A Feeling Of 'oh, I Know This,' You Play Without That Little Drop Of Fresh Blood That Is Necessary – And The Audience Feels It.

Of Course There Is No Formula For Success, Except Perhaps An Unconditional Acceptance Of Life, And What It Brings

To Be Alive, To Able To See, To Walk...it's All A Miracle. I Have Adapted The Technique Of Living Life From Miracle To Miracle.