Wagner Exploited All Forms Of Expression At

Now The First Step Has To Be Taken, The Step Towards Democracy. This Step Is Full Of Risks, And Requires Trust On All Sides. We Don't Know Where It Will Lead. But If We Just Stand Still, We Will Have No Chance Of Escaping The Violence.

In Times Of Totalitarian Or Autocratic Rule, Music (indeed Culture In General) Is Often The Only Avenue Of Independent Thought. It Is The Only Way People Can Meet As Equals, And Exchange Ideas. Culture Then Becomes Primarily The Voice Of The Oppressed And It Takes Over From Politics As A Driving Force For Change.

Not Only Has The Eyes Taken Over, But We Have Anaesthetised The Ears Through All The Muzak That We Hear All The Time.

In The Beginning, There Was Silence. And Out Of The Silence Came The Sound. The Sound Is Not Here.

And In English You Have This Wonderful Difference Between Listening And Hearing, And That You Can Hear Without Listening, And You Can Listen And Not Hear.