There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will.

My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.

Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other.

I always felt that one day I would have to make the change in my own life, bite the bullet and see what it is to be a composer who conducts rather than the other way around.

Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.

I like this idea of identification with the local team. I think it's great. That's what an orchestra should be. It's an orchestra for its hometown, and it serves the people.