I'm happy to have the opportunity to record the records I want to - I'm very aware that that's a privilege.

The very fine line between loneliness and solitude, reflection; being alone, always appealed to me when I was a kid.

I've always just tried to be who I am and be honest in terms of what I play. If that reaches a larger group of people, great. If it doesn't - if it remains obscure - that's okay as well.

Romanticism implies nostalgia for damaged goods.

The music itself, I suppose, is the thing that will survive in my memory, happily.

There's a pianist out of Boston who made a beautiful record for the Fresh Sound label called "Sketch Book"; his name is Vardan Ovsepian.

I guess chemistry always changes when you play with someone else.

I'm not much of a storyteller with words!

It is not the obstacles that is the mountainbut it is our lack of knowledge of how to deal with the obstacles and how to overcome it

A true sage is simple like a child.

I was once asked, 'How do you manage to always be in a positive spirit?' I replied, 'It is because I cannot afford to live with the emotional pain that comes with dwelling on negativity.

In Russia everything is a secret, but there is no secrecy.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth.

Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy.

She had the kind of eyes that predisposed you to supporting her every endeavor.

There's a misperception about actors that we actually choose the roles we end up doing - it's more that we're chosen for them.

And when that time comes, let's hope your friends outnumber your enemies.

O Lord, self-renunciation is not the work of one day, nor children's sport; yea, rather in this word is included all perfection.