Emanuel Ax Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

“I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.”

“Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end.”

“The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together.”

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

“Everybody makes his path differently.”

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