I Can't Imagine How Many First Performances

There's So Much Energy Exchange [in Conduction], So You Get Back A Lot, Of Course, But You Also Have To Give A Lot. It's Kind Of High-energy 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 Can't Imagine How Many First Performances I've Done, Perhaps 500. Some Of Them Have Been Very Good, And Some Of Course Very Bad.

There Is Something Very Special About This Part Of The World [u.s], Which Is The Openness And The Curiosity And The Lack Of Prejudice And The Lack Of Generally Accepted Norms As To What Art Should Be And How An Artist's Career Should Go And All That.

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