It Isn't False Modesty When

I Lived Under The Nazis And Under The Communists.

I Write Bars, For The Musicians, Because They Have To Be Together.

I Was Fifteen Years Old, And I Hardly Knew How To Play A Simple Bach Prelude On The Piano When I Began To Compose Music, And At The Most Advanced Level. I Had Never Studied Such Things As Harmony.

I Only Want To Give A Metaphysic For My Music.

I Like To Stay Home And Listen To Recordings.