Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland.

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I like to stay home and listen to recordings.

I like to stay home and listen to recordings.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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.

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.

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

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

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.

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

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

But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people.

But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people.

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.

I only want to give a metaphysic for my music.

I only want to give a metaphysic for 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...

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...

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,...

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

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