Remember, when you hear them beginning to say "freedom" look carefully-. see who it is they want you to butcher.
My face is my passport.
Piano playing consists of common sense, heart and technical resources. All three should be equally developed. Without common sense you are a fiasco, without technique an amateur, without heart a machine. The profession does have its hazards.
Perfection itself is imperfection.
There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists.
I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.
False notes [on the piano] are human. Why does everything have to be perfect? You know, perfection itself is imperfection.
Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.
There's a mountain of information about us. I mean there's so much. Anyway, I'm not an intelligence person. But I just look at it and it's a mountain of data.
Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain.
It is easier to overcome people's judgments than to overcome our own self-judgment.