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Music Means Different Things To Different People And Sometimes Even Different Things To The Same Person At Different Moments Of His Life.

In Times Of Totalitarian Or Autocratic Rule, Music (indeed Culture In General) Is Often The Only Avenue Of Independent Thought. It Is The Only Way People Can Meet As Equals, And Exchange Ideas. Culture Then Becomes Primarily The Voice Of The Oppressed And It Takes Over From Politics As A Driving Force For Change.

The French Revolution Gave Us Three... Powerful Ideas, Or Concepts - Liberty, Equality And Fraternity. But These Ideas... Are Not Only Right In Themselves, But They Are So Because They Come In The Proper Order. You Cannot Have Equality Without Liberty, And You Certainly Cannot Have Fraternity Without Equality. The Importance Of This I Learnt From Music, Because Music Evolves In Time, And Therefore The Order Inevitably Determines The Content.

An Israeli Who Thinks That His Government Is Doing Everything Right Wouldn't Join The Divan Orchestra In The First Place.

I Love Conducting. What I'm Tired Of Is Music Administration. I Don't Want That. I Just Want To Make Music.