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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 like to stay home and listen to recordings.

I like to stay home and listen to recordings.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music.

$Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music.$

Then, after the war it was impossible to travel, after so many years of Hitler...

Then, after the war it was impossible to travel, after so many years of Hitler...

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

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

I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet...

I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet...

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

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