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“It doesn't matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That's my stick.”

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I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf.

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Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.

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When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have…

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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.

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That's a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.

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I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.

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