Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end.

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.

When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.

I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players.

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

God predetermines the pathways.

Now that I've let go of my story, I can let go of my life.

I'm reachable for people, I'm not out of their league. I'm just a normal girl.

People are like plants: They grow; they change every day.

A little rain will fill The lily's cup which hardly moistens the field.

I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.

I look away at car crashes, and I know people who look away at car crashes, because it makes us uncomfortable to watch other people in pain.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.

Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.