False notes [on the piano] are human. Why does everything have to be perfect? You know, perfection itself is imperfection.

Perfection itself is imperfection.

There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists.

Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees.

Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free.

Played percussively, the piano is a bore. If I go to a concert and someone plays like that I have two choices: go home or go to sleep. The goal is to make the piano sing, sing, sing.

I have no style, because I change each time . . . each day I play differently. Today I play differently than yesterday.

The piano is an orchestra with 88...... things, you know

My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future.

If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.

My face is my passport.

. . . failure is also the stern parent of truth. (p525)

Interest makes some people blind and others quick-sighted.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence and then Success is sure.

The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

I was trying to find a new home in the world.

The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.

The true enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who defend an imploding status quo.

Whatever you believe, be open to being wrong

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.