“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you
something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Le concert, c’est moi. (The concert, it is I)”
– Franz Liszt, pianist/composer
“I am sitting in the smallest room in my house. I have your review in front of me. Soon it will be behind me.”
– Max Reger, composer
“It is not a profession to be a pianist and musician. It is a philosophy, a conception of life that cannot be based on good intentions or natural talent. First and foremost there must be a spirit of sacrifice.”
