With American Orchestras, In Particular, Because They

Classic Music Somehow Changed, And It Changed Between The First And The Second World Wars, And Somehow What Happened Was That The Hero That Had Been The Composer, The Hero Now Was The Performer, And Especially The Conductor.

I Think Truth As An Idea Should Be Left To The Philosophers And Perhaps Religious Leaders And Politicians, And Professional People Who Deal With That Idea.

I Always Felt That One Day I Would Have To Make The Change In My Own Life, Bite The Bullet And See What It Is To Be A Composer Who Conducts Rather Than The Other Way Around.

The Players Never Think They Project Enough. In A Hall That Seats 3,300 People, It's A Very Scary Thing To Play So Quietly That You Can Barely Hear Yourself.

Our Industry [classic Music] Has Kind Of Retarded Into This Kind Of Endless Cover-producing Thing, And It's A Pity.