Have I a secret about playing the piano? It's a very simple one. I sit down on the piano stool and make myself comfortable - and 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.

Mozart is the most inaccessible of the great masters.

The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.

I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.

Practice in tranquility.

I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed.