I Can Only Hope That Neither Of

I Would Never Have Become Music Director Of The Chicago Symphony, Which Would Have Been An Extremely Sad Loss.

I Have A Theory That There Is Something Abnormal About Children Who Like To Practice Instruments They Are Either Geniuses Or, More Often, Completely Untalented. I Certainly Did Not Like To Practice, And The Teacher Who Hit Me, And The View Of The Park, Did Not Help To Improve My Attitude.

But One Day, When I Was Still Young, I Was Parted From My Family And Left My Native Country. I Hunted And Searched For Music, And Destiny Turned Me Into The Object Of My Hunt. The Circumstances Of Life Became My 'antlers' And Prevented Me From Returning Home.

I Wanted To Get Away From My Past And Everything Connected With It.

My Entire Learning Process Is Slow, Because I Have No Visual Memory.