I can read and arrange, but I can't write.

Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.

I know I'm different, but I don't think about it.

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.

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.

Through music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing... Oh my God! Ooh... Wow... You can see colors through music. Anything!

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