He wanted to be noticed and heard, but he did not want to be touched. Yehudi Menuhin observed that Glenn Gould sought to create his own life and to live it to the exclusion of the rest of the world. Tell us the reason for your answer. Gould required hours alone to heal from contact with others. Some musicians, actors and dancers are stimulated and challenged by the same inherent imperfections in performance that drove Gould into the recording studio.
Performance is communication with an audience.
You cannot have communication without the other party, the audience, being present. An extensive collection of writings, photographs and recordings of and about Glenn Gould are at the Glenn Gould Archive at the National Library of Canada .