In Difficult Times, People Just Like To

I Don't Feel That The Conductor Has Real Power. The Orchestra Has The Power, And Every Member Of It Knows Instantaneously If You're Just Beating Time.

Nothing Is Better For My Playing Than Teaching Because When You Teach, You Have To Think And You Have To Listen What Other People Do. And Then All Of A Sudden, You Play Yourself And Then You Say, My Goodness, I Don't Need A Teacher. I'm My Own Teacher. Then I Can React To What I'm Doing Immediately. It Really Improves.

Sometimes You Get From The Mouth Of Kids Wonderful Things.

I Find Personally That When I Go To A Place Where I Can't Get In, I Feel Hostility From Whatever It Is, A Hotel, A Shop, A Market, A Street Corner Where There Are No Curb Cuts, Because Somebody Forgot To Put Them In, And Where I Have To Go Two Blocks To The Corner To Do It. A Lot Of The Excuses Are, "well, This Is An Old Building." That's My Favorite One. "this Is An Old Building." It's As Though 50 Years Ago, People With Disabilities Did Not Exist. As If The Disabled Are A New Problem. It Has Always Been A Problem.

I Listen To Kids Play A Lot.