“I felt that this is the only thing which helps me to have hope... a sort of religion, actually. Music is God.”

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

“Hatred breeds only hatred.”

“Beethoven... he is a miracle!”

“Every day in life is beautiful...every day!”

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

“Een van de grootste geneugten van muziek is ervoor zorgen dat anderen ernaar luisteren, zodat je even het gevoel hebt dat je deel uitmaakt van een volmaakte wereld waarin alles goed is en mooi.”