I think I am in my last days, but it doesn't really matter because I have had such a beautiful life. I have lived through many wars and have lost everything many times - including my husband, my mother and my beloved son. Yet, life is beautiful, and I have so much to learn and enjoy. I have no space nor time for pessimism and hate. 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.

Everything is a present. Everything. This I learned to be thankful for everything.

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

I think backwards. "This was beautiful." Instead of forward.

Only when we are so old, only, are we aware of the beauty of life.

I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion.

Music saved my life and music saves me still...