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

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.

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.

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

A wonderful person finds amazing beauty in everything and everyone.

Destination is never a final one.Once you reach you plan for the next.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

On the left-hand side of the field equation we may add the fundamental tensor guv, multiplied by a universal constant, -λ, at present unknown, without destroying the general covariance.

I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters.

You have to experience grace to be one who knows how to give it.

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come.

My grandfather went through a lot in his life.

Give yourself a kiss. If you want to hold the beautiful one, hold yourself.

Being business minded requires you to always approach things with humility and respect.