I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they're not alone.
How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
I'm a nut for Bach as a composer.
When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist.