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

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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...

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

I don't use old music.

I don't use old music.

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 lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

First of all I listen to music. I like 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 only want to give a metaphysic for my music.

I only want to give a metaphysic for my music.

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.

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.