Going to a concert can sometimes be very difficult. It can be a long journey. There's the ticket prices. But when the music goes to the community - not the community coming to the concert - they say, 'Wow! I didn't know that this music was so amazing!

The challenge is not so much to change the sound. The challenge is to connect and to create something special.

In my imagination yes, I remember, when I was six years old, I was conducting all this concert in my house. But now it's real.

It's a physical challenge. It's a spiritual challenge. I'm studying almost every day a different symphony, not returning to any one for a week.

Recently, I went to a disco with friends, and all the young people were saying, 'Dudamel, we want to go to your concert, but it's impossible because it's sold out.' It's really amazing.

My material life is simple.

I think that I need to learn a lot, a lot.