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For me, the intellect is always the guide but not the goal of the performance. Three things have to be coordinated, and not one must stick out. Not too much intellect because it can become scholastic. Not too much heart because it can become schmaltz. Not too much technique because you become a mechanic.

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Perfection itself is imperfection.

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I may play the same program from one recital to the next, but I will play it differently, and because it is always different, it is always new.

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

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I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.

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The score is not a bible, and I am never afraid to dare. The music is behind those dots.

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My face is my passport.

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I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.

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I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house?

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Behind the notes, something different is told, and that's what the interpreter must find out. He may sit down and play one passage one way and then perhaps exaggerate the next, but, in any event, he must do something with the music. The worst thing is not to do anything.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 1st, 1904

Died: November 5th, 1989

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