Deep Purple - The Mule

In 1994, Joseph himself was very close to death. What was his attitude towards death? “With all sympathy for others, especially his old friends and his beloved young family, it seems to me that death was not something special for Joseph himself, it could have happened any day.” His phone call to me in the last week was as intense as every minute of his life. Even at that moment of physical weakness, he dismissed the doctors as if from annoying plumbers. He eagerly talked about Tuscany, about Mount Holyoke, about Bach fugues, about how to write about music - thoughts rained like sparks. This image of his creative energy, his devotion, and generosity will always live in our memory. - Valentina Polukhina