In January 1944 I Was Called Up

It Isn't False Modesty When I Say This, But Although I Am Supposed To Be A Famous Person It Doesn't Mean Anything To Me. I Just Sit At Home And Work.

However, I Began Composing As Soon As I Started Taking Piano Lessons.

There Is A Wonderful Hungarian Literature, Especially In Lyric Poetry.

I Listen To All Kinds Of Music - New Music, Old Music, Music Of My Colleagues, Everything.

I Continued To Study Math And Physics On My Own, But One And A Half Years Later I Realized That I Did Want To Be A Composer, And After That I Never Changed My Mind.