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

It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home.

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.

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

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.