You Cannot Play The Piano

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.

It Took Great Courage To Ask A Beautiful Young Woman To Marry Me. Believe Me, It Is Easier To Play The Whole Petrushka On The Piano.

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.

Yes, I Am Very Lucky, But I Have A Little Theory About This. I Have Noticed Through Experience And Observation That Providence, Nature, God, Or What I Would Call The Power Of Creation Seems To Favor Human Beings Who Accept And Love Life Unconditionally, And I Am Certainly One Who Does With All My Heart.

...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.