I Would Rather Have Ideas And Some

Explain To Me, Please, Why In Our Literature And Art So Often People Absolutely Incompetent In This Field Have The Final Word.

Now I Want To Use Money In A Good Way. I Make Foundations Back Home In Russia, I Have Sponsored Vaccinations For More Than One Million Children In My Homeland And I Have Founded Scholarships In The Names Of My Great Russian Compatriots - Oistrakh, Richter, Gilels, Shostakovich, Prokofiev And Schnittke.

I Came To Moscow When I Was 5 Years Old From Baku. To Walk All Night In Moscow Will Bring Back My Youth To Me.

People Are Craving This Great Progress In Electronics, Going After Computers, The Internet, Etc. It's A Giant Progress Technologically. But They Must Have A Balance Of Soul, A Balance For Human Beauty. That Means Art Has An Important Role.

Baalbek Is So Beautiful. It Is The Heart Of Beauty In The Middle East - I Want To Embrace These People With My Music. I Will Try So Hard For Them. Their President Is A Christian, Their Prime Minister Is A Muslim. Music Is For Everyone.