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.

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A lot of it just has to do with luck, serendipity.

A lot of it just has to do with luck, serendipity.

How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.

How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.

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

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

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener...

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener...

Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end...

Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end...

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.

I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.

Everybody makes his path differently.

Everybody makes his path differently.

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

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