If an artist tells you "this is an oak tree," then it better be an oak tree. It's how you proclaim things;… — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
I always talk about the hierarchy of art, and I always put music on the top of everything, because it's so immaterial. — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
People can text with two hands and are so fast and I am not... I just have that one person I want to talk… — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
I think after music is performance because it is also an immaterial form of art, and then there's everything else. — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
I'm not good at texting because I'm an older generation, old school. And nobody ever listens to the answering machine anymore. It's terrible. — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
I have one guy that I really have to talk to once a day, and if I don't talk to him once a day,… — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
I'm much better at saying something on the answering machine than texting. — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
When you have humor, you have a base for collaboration. It is very important. — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
You never know what you're going to share. I can play, I know what is written - the marks, the things the composer tells… — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
When I play, what I see are people who mean something to me, both positively and negatively. It's my private life, in a way,… — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
Musical talent is maybe something, but there are no unmusical people. You're moved by music. It's total rubbish to say, "Oh, I'm unmusical." It… — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
