I Never Took Any Vocal Training

I Was Always Drawn To Broadway Musicals, And Obviously Composers Like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin And Porter Were Writing Music That I Found Wildly Impressive.

You Mustn't Underestimate An Audience's Intelligence.

I Think That When Nasa Works On A Moon Shot, They Know Too Well That All Of The People Working On It Must Do Their Job At 110 Percent. Sometimes They Probably Put In 18 Hour Days, But They're Aiming For The Moon, And That's What Counts

From The Time I Could Play The Piano, I Remember Trying To Write Tunes. They Were In My Head, And I Would Just Sit Down And Start Noodling. Next Thing I Knew, I Had Written A Melody.

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.