DAY TEN: JAN. 29, 2008 Yankton, South Dakota

Love. That’s what today was all about. The concert tonight went beyond playing well, or worrying whether or not the audience is with you. All that was in place. The feeling of giving and receiving, that euphoric sense that you’re communicating the very joy of being alive with each note, and the audience is not only confirming but amplifying the experience. I even felt love from the piano itself; a dreamy, old nine-foot Steinway that stays locked most of the time (maybe that was why it was in such good condition.) It was desperately in need of being played, I could feel it.