“Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear beh...” — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quote

“Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you are no longer audible as an interpreter.”

“Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The trick is just to wake thmem up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music.”

“It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.”

“I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part.”

“I like to disappear in the parts I play.”

“I want a man who isn't questioning who he is. I want a man to be able to stand next to me and not disappear and not be emasculated by my success.”