My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future.

Perfection itself is imperfection.

There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists.

False notes [on the piano] are human. Why does everything have to be perfect? You know, perfection itself is imperfection.

Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees.

Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free.

Played percussively, the piano is a bore. If I go to a concert and someone plays like that I have two choices: go home or go to sleep. The goal is to make the piano sing, sing, sing.

I have no style, because I change each time . . . each day I play differently. Today I play differently than yesterday.

The piano is an orchestra with 88...... things, you know

If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.

My face is my passport.

We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

But the fact is, dreams catch us with our armor off.

Do not cry that it is our duty to serve you. We do not recognize such duty. Do not cry that you need us. We do not consider need a claim. Do not cry that you own us. You don’t.

You know that when a police officer refuses to produce formal identification on request, they are probably engaging in some form of corruption.

Children teach us how to chase without overrunning.

Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.

The end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshipers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity.

All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.

So, because I have a mental illness I should disappear and hide? Ever since I went into hospital, all I have heard and read about is people telling me what they think I should do.

I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity.