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

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

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

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 lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

I only want to give a metaphysic for my music.

I only want to give a metaphysic for my music.

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.

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 use old music.

I don't use old music.