I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else's. That's always been my dream.

There are all kinds of things that can be done. You can change rhythms, you can change chords, you can change whole concepts. But it will only work, on a record or in a performance, if you can make the people buy it.

I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.

I'm a nut for Bach as a composer.

That's a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.

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