You Can Meet A Young Person Who

When You're Artistic Director Of A Program, You Present The Music You Want To Present.

Popular Culture Tells You That Schools And Parents Don't Know What's Going On, The Police Are Dogs, Politicians Are All Liars And Scum, And Any Crime That's Not Committed By The Mafia Is Done By The Cia.

When A Violent Minority That Crosses Color Lines Comes To Believe That Killing Those You Know Or Do Not Know Is A Reasonable Solution To Problems, We Are In Need Of Another Vision.

I Wanted To Get To That Aesthetic Proposition That Comes Out Of Learning The Human Elements Of A World, So That Those Notes And Rhythms Mean Something To You Besides Just The Academic Way In Which They Fall In Place.

What We Need In America Is A Renaissance. We Need To Go Forward By Going Backward.