We Only Begin To Live Life When

When I Was Young, I Used To Have Successes With Women Because I Was Young. Now I Have Successes With Women Because I Am Old. Middle Age Was The Hardest Part.

I Have Found That If You Love Life, Life Will Love You Back.

It Took Great Courage To Ask A Beautiful Young Woman To Marry Me. Believe Me, It Is Easier To Play The Whole Petrushka On The Piano.

I Was Born Very, Very Lazy And I Don't Always Practice Very Long. But I Must Say, In My Defense, That It Is Not So Good, In A Musical Way, To Overpractice. When You Do, The Music Seems To Come Out Of Your Pocket. If You Play With A Feeling Of 'oh, I Know This,' You Play Without That Little Drop Of Fresh Blood That Is Necessary – And The Audience Feels It.

Yes, I Am Very Lucky, But I Have A Little Theory About This. I Have Noticed Through Experience And Observation That Providence, Nature, God, Or What I Would Call The Power Of Creation Seems To Favor Human Beings Who Accept And Love Life Unconditionally, And I Am Certainly One Who Does With All My Heart.