We're not talking about an elite art form from the price point of view. We have a building in L.A. that is incredibly open, exciting, inviting, and all that, and there's no reason for this music not to be part of everybody's everyday life.

The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius.

The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important.

The philharmonic became such a journey and adventure in my life, and a deeply satisfying thing.

I realized that the European dogma is not necessarily the only way to look at things.

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.

I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older.