I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house? — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
I have no style, because I change each time . . . each day I play differently. Today I play differently than yesterday. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
Always there should be a little mistake here and there - I am for it. The people who don't do mistakes are cold like… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to make a percussive instrument a singing instrument. Teachers should stress this aspect in their instruction, but it seems… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
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… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
Scriabin, as you know, is a mystic composer. His music is supersensuous, superromantic, and supermysterious. Everything is super; it is all a little overboard.… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
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… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
Scriabin slept with Chopin under his pillow, and I slept with Wagner under mine. I could not concentrate on memorizing Bach fugues, but I… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
The score is not a bible, and I am never afraid to dare. The music is behind those dots. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
