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.
From Vladimir Horowitz
I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.
Perfection itself is imperfection.
My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future.
My face is my passport.
If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.
Scriabin, as you know, is a mystic composer. His music is supersensuous, superromantic, and supermysterious. Everything is super; it is all a little overboard. Anyway, my parents were pleased that I played for him.
I was a terrible student. For me, to take a book home was a trial.
I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house?
Scriabin slept with Chopin under his pillow, and I slept with Wagner under mine. I could not concentrate on memorizing Bach fugues, but I had all of 'Gotterdammerung' in my fingers.
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