I Lost My Daughter At 21. I

If I'm Censoring For Anyone, It's For My Parents. They Are Very Old-fashioned And Moral People. They Still Don't Understand Me That Well.

I Have Always Thought Of Myself As A Painter Derailed By Circumstance.

I Create By Feeling Rather Than By Intellectualizing.

When I Came To California, It Was The Mecca Of The World. Every Young Person On The Planet Wanted To Be Here.

Rachmaninoff Made A Musician Out Of Me. His 'rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini' Was The Piece That Sent Me Into Raptures. It Spoke To Me. To Me, It Was A Tender Entreaty For The Misunderstood.