I never stop working when I'm on stage, and that's my fitness.
Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.
When it becomes clear that no one else shares your level of passion, you are where you belong.
The high note is not the only thing.
Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer.
We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad.
I hope I have given back half the joy music has given me.
The higher the building the lower the morals.
If people don't like me, I become very plain.
Guilt, remorse. It's what separates us from the animals.
The struggle for democracy has to be maintained on as many fronts as culture has aspects: political, economic, international, educational, scientific and artistic, religious.