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Are there musicians among you tonight?
"Me." Ah? What's your instrument?
"I'm an international soloist." Of what?
"Of piano." Piano? Right...
"I play many of your works, you know."
What have you played recently, for example?
"The Isle joyeuse, Masques..."
That's funny, I'm going to play that later. You read the program well, I see.
"No, but..."
Ok, be quiet now.
"The Suite for piano..."
Yes, it's an early work. I don't like it much.
You know, I'm merely a composer of music.
Between us, I have a confession to make:
It's profoundly indifferent to me if from now on
no one plays or speaks ever again of Claude Debussy.
I have the horrible flaw of loving music for itself
not for the success it can bring.