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.
Emanuel Ax

I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.
Emanuel Ax

Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.
Emanuel Ax

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.
Emanuel Ax

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.
Emanuel Ax

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

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.
Emanuel Ax