But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris.

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I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my...

I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my...

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people.

But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people.

I don't read such boring things. Life is too short.

I don't read such boring things. Life is too short.

Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully.

Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully.

When I was younger I was completely without money - when I was studying in...

When I was younger I was completely without money - when I was studying in...

I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together.

I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together.

I don't use old music.

I don't use old music.

People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long,...

People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long,...

For the past ten years I have had no financial problems.

For the past ten years I have had no financial problems.

Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man.

Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man.

Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him.

Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him.

My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a...

My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a...

New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock.

New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock.

Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said...

Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said...

First of all I listen to music. I like music.

First of all I listen to music. I like music.

If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow.

If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow.

In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity.

In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity.

There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry.

There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry.