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At Every Concert I Leave A Lot To The Moment. I Must Have The Unexpected, The Unforeseen. I Want To Risk, To Dare. I Want To Be Surprised By What Comes Out. I Want To Enjoy It More Than The Audience. That Way The Music Can Bloom Anew. It's Like Making Love. The Act Is Always The Same, But Each Time It's Different.

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

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.

I Feel That Special Secret Current Between The Public And Me. I Can Hold Them With One Little Note In The Air, And They Will Not Breathe. That Is A Great, Great Moment.

Life Is The Game That Must Be Played, This Truth At Least, Good Friends, We Know; So Live And Laugh, Nor Be Dismayed As One By One The Phantoms Go.