The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.

Quote by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves...

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves...

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The...

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The...

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you...

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you...

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps...

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps...

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing...

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing...

Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to...

Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to...

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out,...

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out,...

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into...

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into...

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer...

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer...

You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little...

You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little...

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

It's not all that different with the orchestra. There are orchestras that seem to be...

It's not all that different with the orchestra. There are orchestras that seem to be...

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our...

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our...

In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I...

In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I...

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired...

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired...

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking...

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking...

All music has to speak in some form or other.

All music has to speak in some form or other.

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only...

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only...