I detest audiences - not in their individual components, but en masse I detest audiences. I think they're a force of evil. It seems to me rule of mob law.
One does not play the piano with one's fingers, one plays the piano with one's mind.
If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work, cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing
There is a craft and a power in listening.
[Bach is the] reason I became a musician
The final, unfinished fugue from The Art of Fugue is the greatest piece of music ever composed.