Emanuel Ax

The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I…

— Emanuel Ax

It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home.

— Emanuel Ax

Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.

— Emanuel Ax

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding…

— Emanuel Ax

How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.

— Emanuel Ax

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.

— Emanuel Ax

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

— Emanuel Ax

If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.

— Emanuel Ax

I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.

— Emanuel Ax

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

— Emanuel Ax

A lot of it just has to do with luck, serendipity.

— Emanuel Ax

When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.

— Emanuel Ax

If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.

— Emanuel Ax

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players.

— Emanuel Ax

Everybody makes his path differently.

— Emanuel Ax

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

— Emanuel Ax

I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but…

— Emanuel Ax

Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored…

— Emanuel Ax

I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.

— Emanuel Ax

I think competition in any kind of activity like music, art, literature - anything that's not done with a timer - is…

— Emanuel Ax

Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.

— Emanuel Ax

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

— Emanuel Ax

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.

— Emanuel Ax

I usually only play with very close friends.

— Emanuel Ax