Every Day We Make More Progress Toward

This Conducting Thing Happened. In 1983 I Was Sucked Into This International Career, Which Was A Very Scary Experience.

Conducting Was Just Something That Happened By Fluke.

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.

Anyone Who Composes And Conducts At The Same Time Is Immediately Suspect, Because He Must Be Faking One Or The Other.

The Act Of Conducting In Itself, Of Waving My Arms In The Air And Being In Charge, I Didn't Miss. I Missed The Sensual Pleasure Of Being In Contact With Music.