I have always studied my parts with the orchestral score and not with the piano reduction.

When it becomes clear that no one else shares your level of passion, you are where you belong.

When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

I feel like a little boy who is constantly offered new toys.

The high note is not the only thing.

Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer.

I hope I have given back half the joy music has given me.

My strength is my enthusiasm.

We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Is that all?

I may never fly—in the bird sort of way. But I do have wings.

Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur'an was the message of unity and peace.

It's only when people get involved, when there's money involved, that you have a lot opinions around you. I try not to listen to them too much.

Emotions are real, just not the reasons behind them.

How much we can do depends on how much we think we can do. When you really believe you can do more, your mind thinks creatively and shows you the way.

Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark.

I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.

Yeah, all drama teachers are very effusive, very demonstrative, very emotionally open, very big, and gesticulate a lot, and are very physical.