I have a certain respect for the elderly - regardless, as the Prince of Laughter would have said -, even when they discover hot water.
Who would have ever thought that the infamous Pierre today inspires a sort of - perhaps naive - tenderness? That he is a supporting character in the sunset of the West? But yes, let's gladly grant him this honor; we believe in eternal return, and we do not believe, on the contrary - not at all! - in forgers and epigones of a very un-gay science...
Pierre Boulez on his piano collection Douze Notations
http://www.explorethescore.org/pierre-boulez-douze-notations-boulez-video-interview.html
