If you think of the history, in the days of Brahms and Beethoven and all these guys, almost every concert was a new music concert. To play something old was really an exception.

I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music.

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

I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly.

In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been.

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

I'm composing more than before. I'm cutting down on conducting.