I'm Composing More Than Before. I'm Cutting

The Biggest Difference Between U.s And Most European Big Cities Is That In A Place Like London, For Instance, There Are Five Orchestras, And There's A Bloody Competition Between These Five Orchestras.

This Conducting Thing Happened. In 1983 I Was Sucked Into This International Career, Which Was A Very Scary Experience.

Our Industry [classic Music] Has Kind Of Retarded Into This Kind Of Endless Cover-producing Thing, And It's A Pity.

If Somebody Had Told Me When I Was Starting Composition In Helsinki In The '70s That I Would End Up In L.a. And To Describe That Journey, Those 17 Years With The Philharmonic And Building The Hall And This And That, I Would Have Said, "this Is A Fairy Tale Of The First Order."

Of Course, If You Think Of A European Or American Household In The '50s, So What Were The Things That When People Started Climbing Up The Ladder, What Did They Buy? A Fridge, A Tv, I Think Piano Was The Number Three Item In Say '53 Or '54.