Then, After The War It Was Impossible

Once, In London, The Bbc Asked Me What Was My Favorite English Book. I Said Alice In Wonderland

My Grandfather Was Not A Musician But He Was An Artist - A Painter, A Decorative Painter.

I Continued To Study Math And Physics On My Own, But One And A Half Years Later I Realized That I Did Want To Be A Composer, And After That I Never Changed My Mind.

Well I Live In Vienna With My Wife And Son, And I Teach In Hamburg, There Will Be No Changes In That Respect.

I Was Fifteen Years Old, And I Hardly Knew How To Play A Simple Bach Prelude On The Piano When I Began To Compose Music, And At The Most Advanced Level. I Had Never Studied Such Things As Harmony.