Stravinsky Used Mother Goose. He Was Influenced

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.

I Know Already The Music I Will Write. But The Words? I Have Not Yet Decided.

But If You Go From Moscow To Budapest You Think You Are In Paris.

Perhaps The Better Word Is Emotional Yes, I Am An Emotional Man

In January 1944 I Was Called Up By The Forced Labor Service, But I Deserted On October 10, 1944.