That day, as he sat in his hotel room, waiting for the concert that night, he was in total despair. There came a knocking at his door. He had a visitor. The famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius had come by to congratulate the young pianist for his performance. Jean-Michael asked how he could think that and began to quote some of the newspaper critics.
Any body can criticize.
Anybody can tear down. We live in a negative world. People are trained to look for what is wrong not for what is right. We have a society of critics. There is going to be someone to tell you what you did wrong.