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• ‟ If I make a speech, I need a translator. But music does not need a translation. People understand me through the sound. That I think is very important. This is just one planet, like one family.

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• ‟ Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.

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• ‟ I listened to Pablo Casals, which was a big change for me. Without hearing Casals, I would never have advanced as I did.

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• ‟ I know that after my letter there will be undoubtedly an 'opinion' about me, but I am not afraid of it. I openly say what I think. Talent, of which we are proud, must not be submitted to the assaults of the past.

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• ‟ 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.

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