When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

I have always studied my parts with the orchestral score and not with the piano reduction.

I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations.

On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.

Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer.

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.