If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.
From Emanuel Ax
I usually only play with very close friends.
I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.
I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.
I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.
How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.
Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.
Everybody makes his path differently.
Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.
All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!
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