New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock

I think a composer is always interested in his last work.

I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together.

But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris.

For the past ten years I have had no financial problems.

In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.

Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man