Mozart Makes You Believe In God Because

Mozart Makes You Believe In God Because It Cannot Be By Chance That Such A Phenomenon Arrives Into This World And Leaves Such An Unbounded Number Of Unparalleled Masterpieces.

Although Both Sides Of My Family Were Religious, I Was Never Forced To Practice The Jewish Faith. I Did Not Really Rebel Against It, But Then, As Today, I Disliked Organized Religion. I Have A Strange Inhibition About Praying With Others.

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

Between The Two Men, Somewhere, A Truth Is Lying, And That Is What I Try To Find.

The Academy Gave Me A Grounding In Discipline And Hard Work That Has Sustained Me Throughout My Life, And The Lessons I Learned There I Now Try To Impress On Young People.