Hello I Am David! Page #7

We want to re-tune the piano.

So we'd like to ask for

a little quiet please. Right, thanks.

Thank you.

[speaking in German] This wonderful

closeness to him is a delightful moment.

When he hugs someone,

it's like a child hugging its father,

or a child being grateful for a present

and expressing that gratitude in a hug.

It's something incredibly heartfelt

and humanly touching.

It's like that from the first moment.

That was my first impression.

David doesn't think in categories.

David is human and David is positive,

cheerful, and sees the good in everything.

And the great fortune he now has,

after the hardship he's been through,

is the joy in playing and in living,

and that rubs off

on everyone in the concert hall.

[applause]

[playing piano]

[music continues]

[piano playing in the background]

You've got a house there,

have you, Walter?

-Yes.

-Must cost a fortune.

-No.

-Oh, it doesn't cost that much.

In Manaus?

Oh, in the jungle.

-Well, there isn't money, thank the money.

-[Walter] It's funny.

[Walter] But you have

no connection to money.

I don't have to worry about money,

that's true.

But in a way...

Well, I don't worry about money.

[Walter] As long as they have Coke

and tea you're fine.

That's right.

[Walter] You have the piano for that.

And the TV and the radio, yes.

That's right.

[piano music continues softly]

Hello, David, you can hear yourself, man?

[David] Oh, if I say something,

yes. It's funny. Hello. Hello.

Where is everyone? Hello.

Hello. It's all planned. Technology.

Hello, David.

Hello, darling.

How are you? Fine. Say fine.

Nils is coming all the way from Denmark.

Come on, come on...

Move on, move on. You're dancing for me.

Dance a tango or something.

You've got to dance or something.

You've got to laugh, haven't you?

-The tango, well...

-It's very pointedly and you swerve.

You sort of put that like that, and

you sort of very pointedly... Like that.

I danced the tango with Dr. Dad too,

and Dr. John.

But it's sort of dancing.

It's good to dance, isn't it?

Hello, gorgeous, come on.

Carry these for me.

Don't be selfish.

-Oh, pizza! Oh!

-Thanks darling.

These must have cost a lot. Oh!

Oh well, actually, perhaps you can

put them on the table.

Yes, yes.

Good idea.

Here's a present for you.

Oh, a radio!

It's a radio.

-Do you know how it works?

-Yes.

You just take the lid of it.

-And look what color it is.

-It's red. The same as this.

-Oh, very nice.

-There are batteries.

[David] Ohh...

[Gillian] And you can put it onto classic.

Very nice. Very compact.

It's a very nice radio.

[Gillian] Yes.

Yes, I'm very pleased. And your

promise was true. Lovely radio anyway.

[birds chirping]

David is just naturally,

has a spiritual connection with life.

And, uh...

In some ways he's just teaching

himself the oneness of... all.

But he's not easy to just

sit him down and have a...

heart to heart discussion.

Hard to keep him in one place.

Two years ago-- We live in the country.

And there were

three horses in the paddock

next to us and,

one of them had been very badly treated

and no one could get near it,

couldn't put a saddle on it,

ride it in anyway.

And David went out every

morning and just gently

talk to them. And the horses

were many meters away.

And over the weeks,

the horse came closer and closer

until David was feeding it carrots,

and the woman who owned the horse

said this has been almost like a miracle.

David's gentleness and love

that he expressed,

just calmed the horse, so he was

bit like a horse whisperer.

[David playing the piano]

Oh, David, you can't play.

[David stops playing]

Jeepers.

Go down the back, darling.

David, no-- go dow--

[Cosima] I just made you clothes.

[Cosima] Or maybe, David, what

do you feel about...

[Cosima] Is it? I think it's fine

if you close the door.

Well, turn the sound right down.

[inaudible chatter]

[David continues playing the piano]

[Gillian] David...

Well, go and have another bath.

[exasperated sigh]

Thank goodness for the bath.

Those, yes.

Tea bags and baths.

Can you believe this?

The first years were more challenging

for us, David's health was...

nowhere near as good as it is now.

But, uh, as he has developed,

I think my love for him

has matured and grown.

And, everyday when he--

I look at him, my heart sings.

[speaks under her breath]

[speaking indistinctly]

Didn't you like the nice

words I just said?

[imitating] Yeah, but too bad

I can't play the piano.

We won't be much longer,

patience is a virtue darling.

[soft background music]

[Gillian] Look David.

[David] Yes, darling?

[Gillian] See your photo?

Yes, coming, darling. What?

Come and have a look,

just leave that alone, darling.

How about this?

Yes, very nice.

Walter, can you tran... Can you read this?

You're playing tomorrow in Leipzig.

"Morgen" is tomorrow.

Rach's third.

Darling, can I go to peepeeland here?

[Gillian] Oh David!

Go on, read it.

Can I go to the bathroom here? Can I?

-Am I allowed to go to the bathroom?

-Pepeland.

It's in there.

David, we'll only been gone a few minutes.

I'm going down to the shop

to buy you some Coke.

And then we're just having a quick--

Oh look, only one shoe.

Well, this one's... Yeah, well...

-One shoe off and one shoe on.

-Now, wait a minute, I've got to

take the key. They always were.

I can't hear a thing.

I wonder how this works.

I wonder how that works.

[music comes on radio]

Ah, now it works.

It's all planned.

Look at that, that's from Australia.

Here they are saying...

[speaking German]

- Schnell, quick.

-That you're thinking very fast.

Very very fast.

And then they're wondering if you

by the age of 65 if you are thinking

maybe of getting retired.

And what are you saying?

What do you think?

Oh, what do I think?

[speaking in foreign language]

What does that mean? Never, never?

Ah, never, never, never.

[music continues]

[cheers and applause]

[soft piano music in the background]

Hard work, hard work, hard work.

99 percent perspiration,

and 1 percent inspiration.

[inaudible chatter]

It is risky, but life is risky,

and music's part of life

and music's risky.

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