The notes I can handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes-ah, that is where the art resides.

The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.

I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing.

The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.

I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.

Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless.

When a piece gets difficult, make faces.

Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great quality of the notes.

Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range.

Practice in tranquility.

It is not music's function to express rational necessities.

Win the dreams. Period.

Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.

From New Year's Eve through the third of January, the streets of Tokyo grew quiet, as if all the people had disappeared.

Probably everything in my life comes back to a feeling of abandonment, and this city never abandons you.

The answer is the disruptive innovator, an outsider, who creates a product or service for the non-existing consumer in a non-existing market for almost no profit.

I wanted to be an actress. I think it had a lot to do with being a kid and watching how every time my dad would stand up to talk people would applaud... that was pretty cool.

In the end, the country is going the say, You know, whatever [Donald] Trump's weaknesses may be, he's a sincere guy trying very hard to get this country back on the right track.

A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.

Lincoln believed in the American people.

Sculpture and painting are moments of life; poetry is life itself.