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title: "2 Bach Quotes By Vladimir Horowitz"
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> [You have to open the music, so to speak, and see what's behind the notes because the notes are the same whether it is the music of Bach or someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/you-have-to-open-the-music-so-to-speak-and-see-what-s-behind-the/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

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> [Scriabin slept with Chopin under his pillow, and I slept with Wagner under mine. I could not concentrate on memorizing Bach fugues, but I had all of 'Gotterdammerung' in my fingers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/scriabin-slept-with-chopin-under-his-pillow-and-i-slept-with-wagner/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

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## Other authors on Bach

## More by Vladimir Horowitz

> [Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/your-mind-must-control-but-you-must-have-heart-give-your-feeling-free/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [I have no style, because I change each time . . . each day I play differently. Today I play differently than yesterday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/i-have-no-style-because-i-change-each-time-each-day-i-play/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Always there should be a little mistake here and there - I am for it. The people who don't do mistakes are cold like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/always-there-should-be-a-little-mistake-here-and-there-i-am-for-it/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/everyone-goes-to-the-forest-some-go-for-a-walk-to-be-inspired-and/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [The most important thing is to make a percussive instrument a singing instrument. Teachers should stress this aspect in their instruction, but it seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/the-most-important-thing-is-to-make-a-percussive-instrument-a-singing/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Behind the notes, something different is told, and that's what the interpreter must find out. He may sit down and play one passage one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/behind-the-notes-something-different-is-told-and-that-s-what-the/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Scriabin, as you know, is a mystic composer. His music is supersensuous, superromantic, and supermysterious. Everything is super; it is all a little overboard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/scriabin-as-you-know-is-a-mystic-composer-his-music-is-supersensuous/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [You have to open the music, so to speak, and see what's behind the notes because the notes are the same whether it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/you-have-to-open-the-music-so-to-speak-and-see-what-s-behind-the/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Scriabin slept with Chopin under his pillow, and I slept with Wagner under mine. I could not concentrate on memorizing Bach fugues, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/scriabin-slept-with-chopin-under-his-pillow-and-i-slept-with-wagner/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/my-future-is-in-my-past-and-my-past-is-my-present-i-must-now-make-the/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [The score is not a bible, and I am never afraid to dare. The music is behind those dots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/the-score-is-not-a-bible-and-i-am-never-afraid-to-dare-the-music-is/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/if-you-want-me-to-play-only-the-notes-without-any-specific-dynamics-i/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Life is very busy now. I find that in today's cities, the public is very tired after working the whole day. When concerts start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/life-is-very-busy-now-i-find-that-in-today-s-cities-the-public-is/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/i-loved-singing-but-can-you-imagine-my-voice-in-an-opera-house/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Piano playing consists of common sense, heart and technical resources. All three should be equally developed. Without common sense you are a fiasco, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/piano-playing-consists-of-common-sense-heart-and-technical-resources/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

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