The Result Was Magnificent . . .

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.

I Am Tired Before The Concert, Not Afterward.

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

It Took Great Courage To Ask A Beautiful Young Woman To Marry Me. Believe Me, It Is Easier To Play The Whole Petrushka On The Piano.

To Be Alive, To Able To See, To Walk...it's All A Miracle. I Have Adapted The Technique Of Living Life From Miracle To Miracle.