[Bach is the] reason I became a musician

If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work, cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing

The nature of the contrapuntal experience is that every note has to have a past and a future on the horizontal plane.

There is a craft and a power in listening.

My moods are inversely related to the clarity of the sky.

[Bach is the] reason I became a musician

One does not play the piano with one's fingers, one plays the piano with one's mind.