My Entire Learning Process Is Slow, Because

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.

Everyone Says You Have To Be A Specialist, And If You Conduct Wagner You Cannot Conduct Mozart - This Is Nonsense.

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

I Can Only Hope That Neither Of Them Was Scarred By Their Upbringing.

Friends Are Very Important To Me, And I Have Always Had Many Of Them. There Are Probably Many Reasons Why This Is So, But Two Seem To Me More Valid Than Any Of The Others I Am A Naturally Friendly Person, And I Hate To Be Alone.