Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.

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.

Granny was right, ' I said. 'When you forgive someone it does make you stronger. It makes your heart bigger than your hate.

I can never gain something without losing everything I had before.

Maybe innocence is a skin you must shed to build layers more resistant to the caustic truths of the world.

When one is pretending the entire body revolts.

Whoa, lady, I only speak two languages, English and bad English.

We know what the surface of the moon is better than we know what the surface of the sea floor is.

Sometimes ... it takes me an entire day to write a recipe, to communicate it correctly. It's really like writing a little short story.

Sizeism = like racism, only against people who aren't a size two or four.

The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty.

Lionel [Richie] said, "Yeah, I learned chords and stuff playin' against your albums."