The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end.

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.

When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.

I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players.

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

Bring your heart power into play to create the things that you wish in your life through energising your desires with your heart energy.

If you can't keep control your emotions, you can't keep save your relationships..,

A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals.

My shaven head is my way of saying 'I wont take no for an answer,' it is my way of saying 'I believe in my creativity and artistry.'

It helps to have someone in the same boat as you... There's a lot of pressure, so it helps to have someone who's also young and famous and has a lot of pressure to succeed.

Rock and roll never sleeps. It just passes out.

No star playing, just football.

There is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer can't get a good story out of it.

It's easy to decide what you're going to do. The hard thing is deciding what you're not going to do.

Late night writing is also good, too, but in New York, you've got neighbors. I try to be a good neighbor.