For Twelve Years I Studied And Worked

The Simplest Things In Music Are The Ones That Count. The Simplest Thing Are, Of Course, Also The Most Difficult To Achieve And Take Years Of Work.

Real Understanding Does Not Come From What We Learn In Books; It Comes From What We Learn From Love Of Nature, Of Music, Of Man. For Only What Is Learned In That Way Is Truly Understood.

The Situation Is Hopeless, We Must Take The Next Step.

Don’t Be Vain Because You Happen To Have Talent. You Are Not Responsible For That; It Was Not Of Your Doing. What You Do With Your Talent Is What Matters.

I Was At Mount Tamalpais Near San Francisco Hiking When A Boulder Came Hurling Down The Mountainside And Smashed My Left Hand. When I Looked At My Mangled Bloody Fingers, I Had A Strange Reaction. 'thank God I Will Never Have To Play Again,' I Said. The Fact Is That Dedication To One's Art Does Involve A Sort Of Enslavement.