In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages.

I don't walk on stage unless I'm playing with a orchestra. But when I play a recital, I'm sort of on a scooter, and I just scoot very quickly on stage, and they're saying, wow, look at this. He's so fast.

In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the doorways, they change the wheelchairs. To hell with the people! If someone weighs a couple more pounds, that's it!

I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.

Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled.

I listen to kids play a lot.

That's the goal, to survive your gift.