Whenever I listen to a children's orchestra, I learn. They feel everything, they enjoy everything, they have amazing energy.

You learn a lot about each other from a tour, musically and humanly.

I love to travel, but sometimes it's nice to stay in one place.

I think the atmosphere of a Prom concert can change your life, in the best way. It's so deep, the feeling you have there. The audience is so close, and there are so many of them, that you feel they are almost embracing you.

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.

A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.

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.