Even if you don’t like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.

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

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

Everyone is different. Sometimes it’s very exciting; sometimes very scary.

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

I think competition in any kind of activity like music, art, literature - anything that's not done with a timer - is actually impossible. So, in effect, what you're doing is you're entering the lottery. You're hoping that you play well (and that) you play your best on the day that you're heard, and you're hoping that the people who are judging will like what you do.

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

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

Everybody makes his path differently.

If you have a few students, you really need a couple of days. I don't think it's right to leave people on their own and not give them enough time.