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I'm fascinated with what happens to the creative output when you isolate yourself from the approval and disapproval of the people around you.

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When I broke 20, I said to myself, 'I will give concerts until I'm approximately 30.' And I made it a year and a half late, but, nevertheless, that's what I did. When I broke 30, I said, 'I think I should be recording until I'm about 50.'

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I cannot bear assaults of any kind, and it seems to me that the Beatles essentially were out to affront and to assault.

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There's a very curious and - and almost sadistic lust for blood that overcomes the concert listener, and there's a waiting for it to happen: a waiting for the horn to fluff; a waiting for the strings to become ragged; a waiting for the conductor to forget the subdivide, you know? And it's dreadful!

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Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt had no idea of how to write for the piano.

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Beethoven's reputation is based entirely on gossip. The middle Beethoven represents a supreme example of a composer on an ego trip.

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Concert pianists are really afraid to try out the Beethoven Fourth Concerto if the Third happens to be their specialty. That's the piece they had such success with on Long Island, by George, and it will surely bring them success in Connecticut. So first there's tremendous conservatism. And then stagnation sets in. Or it certainly did in me.

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I treat recorded tapes the way a film director treats his rushes.

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Until I was about 13, somehow I managed to assume that everyone reacted to everything just about as I did. I took it for granted that everyone shared my passion for overcast skies. It came as quite a shock when I discovered that there were actually people who preferred sunshine.

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Fingers don't have much to do with playing the piano. The idea that they do must be unlearned.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: September 25th, 1932

Died: October 4th, 1982

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