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

Quote by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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

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

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...

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,...

Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you...

Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you...

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...

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...

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...

Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs,...

Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs,...

All music has to speak in some form or other.

All music has to speak in some form or other.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another,...

If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another,...

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.

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...

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

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...

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In...

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In...