We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

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.

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