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

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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 only want to give a metaphysic for my music.

I only want to give a metaphysic for my music.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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.

I like to stay home and listen to recordings.

I like to stay home and listen to recordings.

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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.

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.

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

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