Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.

I am so happy that I didn’t go to school and I didn’t have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly.

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.

It’s a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well.

The live concerts are everything and I’m very grateful that most of my career, I’m a live artist, I’ve been doing this. So I’ve traveled quite a lot, played in - I never stopped playing.

The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be.