My ability has always been to walk out on the stage and see the audience and figure out what they wanna hear.
There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.
Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn.
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.
There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.
I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.
To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create.
Millions of Americans find community, comfort and support in their faith.
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
The purest water is formed by flowing through the muddiest mountains