There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.

That is why we fly from the inner void, since God might steal into it. It is not the pursuit of pleasure and the aversion for effort which causes sin, but fear of God. We know that we cannot see him face to face without dying, and we do not want to die.

I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.

Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.

This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.

It is difficult to retain your standards with the pressure of trying to make money, which always has its rules...It's hard to walk the tightrope of doing what you think is your best and making money at it.