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

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

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end.

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

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 should welcome applause whenever it comes.