In fact, among the 1000 titles which I have recorded in the past 35 years, there are less than 10% of classical titles.

The piano by its black and white keys always attracted me, my father showed me how to use... and slowly I got into playing.

I think that you can absolutely enjoy your artistic passion without seeking for the cult of celebrity.

I am rather what we usually call a Pop pianist with my own romantic style.

I am not what one calls a celebrity.

I am rather discreet and shy!

I do not remember the most challenging one but I remember that many of the titles I have recorded have been quite challenging for me.

A long time ago, I remember having cooperated with Shirley Bassey and I will never forget this moment which I shared with her while playing for and with her.

In fact although I have studied in a Conservatory the classical piano, I do not consider myself a classical pianist.

Some people know me because of my music and come and see me in my concerts but you very rarely see me or hear me in press or TV or radio magazines.

There is also the guitar player Pat Metheny with whom I'd like to work with: he is so elegant and so emotional when he plays that I am sure that, together, we could make a good team.

HIDEAWAYPreserve thatsecret, homey spotin your heart, as sanctuary where dreams may be softly tended, and revived.

Here is the paradox of it: the more of an individual you become the more you realize we are interrelated, that success of one requires the success of all.

There's been nothing but discipline, discipline, discipline all my life.

Sometimes you think they must have come out of the chimp cages at the Bronx zoo.

I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors.

What's been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.

I have no choice but to defend the most vulnerable among us.

I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how much the guilt of survivorship weighed on her until I was an adult.

I think most actors are shy. I really do. The greatest actors can disappear. I had friends call me the Blend-In Man.

I won once [an Oscar]. So it can't be that racist.