It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.
“It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.”
The World Motivation
It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.
“It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.”
It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.
If there's a deadline, I work late. If not, I like to have normal hours, and get up early and work. When things are going well, I hate to quit. And then I'll work 'till exhausted.
Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want.
And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of your usual ideas. And this is a whole other category that you can get into.
It's so important which musicians we choose for being in the orchestra.
I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.
Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.
The New York Philharmonic is a tremendous opportunity, a great orchestra.
You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.
I played a lot of sports and it's the plays in basketball that weren't worked out that are the ones that are just fantastic that you remember. We don't know the power that's within our own bodies.