The mere fact of knowing that a great audience waits on your labor is enough to shake all your nerves to pieces.

I am nothing! If you could know the dream of what I would like to be, you would realize how little I have accomplished.

When one is an artist, what else can he be?

Rhythm is the pulse of music.

The very essence of success is practice.

There have been a few moments when I have known complete satisfaction, but only a few. I have rarely been free from the disturbing realization that my playing might have been better.

Music is the only art that actually lives.