“I don't think I could have ever had a career as a pianist because I never ever wanted to play the notes the way they were written, I was too sloppy to learn them quite right.”
“Everybody's always talking about new sounds. I haven't heard any yet. I haven't heard any new sounds. I'm not saying I've heard all sounds; I'm saying that if you say new sounds what you're really talking about is the re-born experience. In other words, I've been re-born to sound.”
“I taught myself to play the piano. I've always been able to play, the minute I could get my hands up. I've always wanted to play the piano. It's the only instrument I've ever really liked, and it's the only one that's ever interested me.”
“I've got a feeling now that I was an arrogant child. When I was young I felt like I didn't need any training. But I don't feel apologetic about it like a Schoenberg and yet I'm not proud of it.”
“There's really no reason to listen to music at all, particularly in the world that we have now. The real reason for music is as a way for exchanging money. That's its real source. it has nothing to do with sound or technology or new resources or anything else that I honestly can see.”
