People Are Always Setting Conditions For Happiness...

You Cannot Play The Piano Well Unless You Are Singing Within You.

Composing A Concert Is Like Composing A Menu.... If You Start With Light Pieces And Play A 45-minute Sonata After The Interlude, It's Like Starting Dinner With Hors D'oeuvres And Dessert And Finishing With A Châteaubriand And Vegetables.

Music Is Not A Hobby, Not Even A Passion With Me; Music Is Me. I Feel What People Get Out Of Me Is This Outlook On Life, Which Comes Out In My Music. My Music Is The Last Expression Of All That.

Sometimes I Think, Not So Much Am I A Pianist, But A Vampire. All My Life I Have Lived Off The Blood Of Chopin.

I'm Passionately Involved In Life: I Love Its Change, Its Color, Its Movement. To Be Alive, To Be Able To See, To Walk, To Have Houses, Music, Paintings - It's All A Miracle.