I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.
It is not music's function to express rational necessities.
Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless.
Mozart is the most inaccessible of the great masters.
I practice in my head.
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.