William Kapell

“My dear, I am tired of this life of running around. I want to live like a human being, with you and our children.”

“If I don't practice for one day, I know it. If I don't practice for two days, the critics know it. If I don't practice for three days, the public knows it.”

“I have played well, and I have played badly, but I have never played without feeling.”

“The public is an enormous beast. You have to feed it.”

“He plays so beautifully, but what does he have to say?”

“I'm going to play this music the way I feel it - and if they don't like it, they can go to hell.”