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"Luck is a dance of possibilities and opportunities."

"There are a lot better musicians than me out there that just haven't had the luck to fall into everything like I have."

"'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game and how I won on one of the three days on the very last spin against all odds. It was one of those great unpredictable game show moments."
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"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."

"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."

"Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end."

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

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

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