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I'm Trying To Conduct Only Five Months A Year, And The Rest Will Be Composing Time. I'm Trying To Spend As Much As I Can Out Of Those Months Here In L.a., Because For Creative Work, This Is A Fantastic Place.

We're Not Talking About An Elite Art Form From The Price Point Of View. We Have A Building In L.a. That Is Incredibly Open, Exciting, Inviting, And All That, And There's No Reason For This Music Not To Be Part Of Everybody's Everyday Life.

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 Think We Are In The Process Of Getting The Word Out, And We Haven't Done Very Well Yet. But We Are Trying.

Every Orchestra I Know, Every Opera House I Know, Is Desperately Looking Around Trying To Find New Talent, New Composing Talent, Supporting Young Composers, Supporting New Ideas, Supporting New Ways Of Getting The Message Across.