Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.

Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.

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.

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players.

If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.

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.