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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes

«When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.»
«But Brahms himself was extremely self-critical; he was always pruning and polishing his works.»
«I have always regarded myself as a person who had to accomplish what was required.»
«Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things, of the social conditions under which Schubert had to work.»
«I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.»
«It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.»
«In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.»
«The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form.»
«The work is the most important thing.»
«The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.»

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