Can't take the Russia out of Stravinsky

Interesting: Even though Stravinsky spent most of his life outside Russia, he always considered himself deeply rooted in his homeland. The music sounds like the product of cultural deracination, but is nostalgic at its core. He said, "I have spoken Russian all my life. I think in Russian, my way of expressing myself is Russian. Perhaps this is not immediately apparent in my music, but it is latent there, a part of its hidden nature.” (Childhood is not necessarily the ground your life is built upon, but rather the pedestal on which the statue of your life sits.)