If I Don't Practice One Day, I

Criticism Does Not Disturb Me, For I Am My Own Severest Critic. Always In My Playing I Strive To Surpass Myself, And It Is This Constant Struggle That Makes Music Fascinating To Me.

Music Has A Lot In Com­mon With Math­e­mat­ics. But In Music, Two And Two Need Not Make Four: They Add Up To What­ever You Wish.

If I Don't Practice One Day, I Know It; Two Days, The Critics Know It; Three Days, The Public Knows It.

I Occasionally Play Works By Contemporary Composers And For Two Reasons. First To Discourage The Composer From Writing Any More And Secondly To Remind Myself How Much I Appreciate Beethoven.

I Have Discovered Three Things Which Know No Geographical Borders - Classical Music, American Jazz, And Applause As The Sign Of The Public's Favor.