Baalbek Is So Beautiful. It Is The

I Never Studied, But I Had The Best Teachers.

There Is Too Much Emphasis On Technical Perfection Nowadays, And Not Enough On What Music Is Actually About - Irony, Joy, Human Suffering, Love.

I Would Rather Have Ideas And Some Difficulties Of Technique Than A Perfect Technique And No Ideas.

In 1948 The First Severe Crash Occurred In My Life When Stalin Put Out His Decree On Formalism. There Was A Bulletin Board In The Moscow Conservatory. They Posted The Decree, Which Said Shostakovichs Compositions And Prokofievs Were No Longer To Be Played.

Capitalism, Communism ... It's All Garbage.