For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none.

I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless.

For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood.

I am not (yet) facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will then become urgent.

I set down a beautiful chord on paper—and suddenly it rusts.

Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?

I attempt to compose symphonies, although it is clear to me that logically it is pointless.

If you believe you can, you can make your dreams come true.

Don't be in a hurry to change during the season.

O troubled forms, O early love unfortunate and hard, Time has estranged you into a jewel cold and pure

The military is already sexually integrated.

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

Without ambition no conquests are made, and no business created. Ambition is the root of all achievement.

The plural on anecdote is not evidence

Stop costly new regulations that would increase unemployment, raise consumer prices, and weaken the nation's global competitiveness with virtually no impact on global temperatures.

The vibrant, real historic Christian faith is very wide and leaves lots and lots of room for varying perspectives. It's very diverse and wide, that's part of it's strength, life and vibrancy.

I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies.