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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...

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...

I like to stay home and listen to recordings.

I like to stay home and listen to recordings.

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.

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.

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 don't use old music.

I don't use old music.

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.

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

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 lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

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.