Conducting Was Just Something That Happened By

I Think We Still Do Have A Pr Problem In The Sense That These Institutions Portray Themselves Quite Often As A Museum Without The Contemporary Wing. For A Young Cutting-edge Person, Why Would You Get Into That Sort Of Business, Which Is Very Clearly Geared Towards Dead Or Almost Dead People?

Anyone Who Composes And Conducts At The Same Time Is Immediately Suspect, Because He Must Be Faking One Or The Other.

When An Artist Works Today Or Whenever, It's Not About Creating Immortal Masterpieces, Because That's The One Thing We Don't Decide Ourselves.

I'm Trying To Conduct Only Five Months A Year, And The Rest Will Be Composing Time. I'm Trying To Spend As Much As I Can Out Of Those Months Here In L.a., Because For Creative Work, This Is A Fantastic Place.

Of Course, If You Think Of A European Or American Household In The '50s, So What Were The Things That When People Started Climbing Up The Ladder, What Did They Buy? A Fridge, A Tv, I Think Piano Was The Number Three Item In Say '53 Or '54.