Don't Tell Me How Talented You Are.

Sometimes When I Sit Down To Practice And There Is No One Else In The Room, I Have To Stifle An Impulse To Ring For The Elevator Man And Offer Him Money To Come In And Hear Me.

When I Sit In Paris In A Cafe, Surrounded By People, I Don't Sit Casually - I Go Over A Certain Sonata In My Head And Discover New Things All The Time.

I'm A Free Person; I Feel Terribly Free. They Could Put Me In Chains And I Still Would Be Free Because My Thoughts Would Be Mine - And That's All I Want To Have.

The Seasons Are What A Symphony Ought To Be: Four Perfect Movements In Harmony With Each Other.

...no Formula For Success [exists] Except, Perhaps, An Unconditional Acceptance Of Life And What It Brings." "i Accept Life Unconditionally. Most People Ask For Happiness On Condition. Happiness Can Only Be Felt If You Don't Set Any Condition.