I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion.

In any case, life is beautiful, extremely beautiful. And when you are old you appreciate it more. When you are older you think, you remember, you care and you appreciate. You are thankful for everything. For everything.

When you are optimistic, when you are not complaining, when you look at the good side of your life, everybody loves you.

I know about the bad, but I look at the good thing.

Music was our food... When we can play, it can't be so terrible. The music, the music!

I have lived through many wars and have lost everything many times Yet, life is beautiful, and I have so much to learn and enjoy. I have no space nor time for pessimism and hate.

And life is beautiful, love is beautiful, nature and music are beautiful. Everything we experience is a gift, a present we should cherish and pass on to those we love.