My Music Wouldn't Sound The Way It

The Philharmonic Became Such A Journey And Adventure In My Life, And A Deeply Satisfying Thing.

There Is More Openness In La To Possibilities Than On The East Coast Of America. There Is A Pioneering Spirit There That Stems From The Reason People Went Out There In The First Place-to Find Something New.

I Feel That This Is My Artistic Home, And I'm Very Happy To Be A California Artist Together With Many Others Who Are Not From Here Originally But Who Decided To Make This The Center Of Their Activities. There's Something About That That I Find Very Inspiring And Satisfying.

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

I Actually Don't Like This Term, "classic." It's Wrong, But We Don't Have A Better Word At The Moment.