"Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand."

"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes – ah, that is where the art resides."

"I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed. Therefore I feel (rightly or wro…"

"Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great qua…"

"There are two things about Schnabel. I think he was certainly one of the most important influences of the twentieth c…"

"Schnabel himself was an extraordinary composer, and actually thought of himself more as a composer than as a pianist.…"

"Comin' in on a wing and a pray'r Comin' in on a wing and a pray'r Tho' there's one motor gone, We can still carry on,…"

"Being curious is an absolute rule of life. If you don’t have that, I don’t know what you're doing in this music."

"Even while I was studying at [Manhattan School of Music], I was learning about melody and rhythm, and theory, and har…"

"You must remember that it was a different time...It was before everyone was looking into their smartphones. There wer…"