"In June 1956, I met Bedri and her wife in the flower garden near the "Dajti" hotel. Bedriu told me that he knew that I had moved to Gjirokastër, but that I told him that I will not go to Gjirokastër, and for that, I would sell a piano forte and live in Tirana. Bedriu told me that; what I thought was impossible, because they won't buy the piano and they won't let you compose songs."
January 1, 1970