I Can Only Hope That Neither Of

The Experience Awakened 'my Tremendous Musical Ambition, Which Has Never Subsided To This Day.

Fight The Tendency To Become Complacent And Do One Kind Of Music - That Is The Death Of A Musician.

I Have A Theory That There Is Something Abnormal About Children Who Like To Practice Instruments They Are Either Geniuses Or, More Often, Completely Untalented. I Certainly Did Not Like To Practice, And The Teacher Who Hit Me, And The View Of The Park, Did Not Help To Improve My Attitude.

I Was Born And Trained To Communicate Music, Just As The Sons Were Born And Trained To Hunt, And I Was Lucky To Have Grown Up In Hungary, A Country That Lives And Breathes Music-that Has A Passionate Belief In The Power Of Music As A Celebration Of Life.

Although Both Sides Of My Family Were Religious, I Was Never Forced To Practice The Jewish Faith. I Did Not Really Rebel Against It, But Then, As Today, I Disliked Organized Religion. I Have A Strange Inhibition About Praying With Others.