You Mustn't Underestimate An Audience's Intelligence.

Many, Many Years Ago, I Was One Of The Few Conductors Who Talked To The Audience And Now A Lot Of Classical Conductors Have Figured It Out... Otherwise, You Just Get The Back Of Someone's Head Playing Music You Could Hear On A Cd. It's Not Enough Anymore.

I Never Took Any Vocal Training

Let's Say Music Is Needed For Only 43 Seconds Of Film. You Have To Score It So It Is An Entity, So It Won't Bother Anyone When It Ends So Quickly. Or If A Song Runs 2 Minutes And 45 Seconds, But The Titles Run A Minute Longer, You Have To Arrange That Song So It Doesn't Get Repetitious.

I Can Make A Song Up About Anything: Garbage, The Weather, Things In The News.

Barbra Streisand Is Without A Doubt One Of The Most Honest People I Have Ever Known. There Is No Doubt In My Mind That She Will Not Be Doing Any More Concerts. Of Course, She Still Will Be Making Records And Starring And Directing In Movies