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

I have eaten very well in Los Angeles. Marvelously!

My material life is simple.

I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses.

My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them - their patience, their warmth, their dedication.

My main goal, and it's a big one, is that every child has a chance to get close to music - as a right - that as they have access to food, health, and education, they get the chance to have art and culture - especially music.

Classical music in Venezuela is now something like a pop concert. You can see people screaming or crying because they don't have a ticket.