33 Quotes by Vladimir Horowitz

The score is not a bible, and I am never afraid to dare. The music is behind those dots.

It is important for the musician to learn as much about the composer as possible and to study the music he has written. Then, even a short piece by Brahms or Chopin can be played with much more understanding.

I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house?

Behind the notes, something different is told, and that's what the interpreter must find out. He may sit down and play one passage one way and then perhaps exaggerate the next, but, in any event, he must do something with the music. The worst thing is not to do anything.

I was a terrible student. For me, to take a book home was a trial.

Imitation is a caricature. Any imitation. Find out for yourself.