I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.
Daniel BarenboimI can't stand being in Chicago anymore and hearing the Brahms Violin Concerto in the elevator. Because that shows me that when they come to the concert hall they listen to it in the same way.
Daniel BarenboimNot only has the eyes taken over, but we have anaesthetised the ears through all the muzak that we hear all the time.
Daniel Barenboim