I only want to give a metaphysic for my music.

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

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

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...

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

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

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.

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.

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,...

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 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...

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 don't use old music.

I don't use old music.

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.

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

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

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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

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