I went into the house all mixed up. The maid was waiting for me and welcomed me in Finnish. He answered the God damn questions, and it was great. Yes, yes, silence. Silence is everything.
Music is like life.
It begins and ends in silence. He made a wild gesture, every nerve of his body alive. Drink whiskey, he said. I didn't know what to do. I poured a drink for his young friend, and another for myself, and we drank.