In Europe, There Is So Much Tradition,

It Would Be Very Tempting To Say That Why Paint Because We Have Michelangelo, We Have Leonardo [da Vinci], We Have All These Guys. Why Waste Your Time, Because Most Likely You're Not Going To Be On That Level Anyway.

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?

The Sort Of Commercial Parameters Of Classical Music Changed After The [world War Ii] , And The Whole Industry Became More Backward-looking.

This Country, And The West Coast, Especially, Is Bad At Preserving Any Cultural Legacy.

Los Angeles Is Just A More Open Place. The Way L.a. Functions Is That People Give You A Forum. They Say, Show Us What You Can Do.