I'm An Engineer. I See Myself As

Other Kids Went Out And Beat Each Other Up Or Played Baseball, And I Built Electronics.

What Inspires Me Is Not So Much The Music As The Opportunity To Interact With Composers. I Think That Has Driven Everything I've Done.

Everything Has Some Consciousness, And We Tap Into That. It Is About Energy At Its Most Basic Level.

To Those Of You Who Are Wearing Ties, I Think My Dad Would Appreciate It If You Took Them Off.

When A Pianist Sits Down And Does A Virtuoso Performance He Is In A Technical Sense Transmitting More Information To A Machine Than Any Other Human Activity Involving Machinery Allows.