I Always Had, Deep Down, A Slight

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.

Sometimes You Spend Nine Months, 10 Months, A Year Writing A Piece That You Will Hear Two Years Later Or Something Like That, And You Never See Anybody. It's A Very Different Sort Of Metabolic.

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.

Los Angeles Is Just A More Open Place. The Way L.a. Functions Is That People Give You A Forum. They Say, Show Us What You Can Do.

This Country, And The West Coast, Especially, Is Bad At Preserving Any Cultural Legacy.