I Feel More Alive Now

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 Heard My Music And Heard The Classic In It, So I Have Become Known As A Black Classical Pianist.

When A Child Is Gifted, People Try To Help That Child.

Greed Has Driven The World Crazy. And I Think I'm Lucky That I Have A Place Over Here That I Can Call Home.

The Pressure Of Show Business Is On All The Time And Show Business Is A Fickle Business. Whatever Is Popular Now - That's All That Counts. I Have To Constantly Re-identify Myself To Myself, Reactivate My Own Standards, My Own Convictions About What I'm Doing And Why.

I Was Always A Politician From The Day The Civil Rights People Chose Me As Their Protest Singer.