We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud. Emanuel Ax Read Quote
Even if you don’t like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway. Emanuel Ax Read Quote
It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home. Emanuel Ax Read Quote
Pianists don’t argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players. Emanuel Ax Read Quote
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. Emanuel Ax Read Quote
