I have eaten very well in Los Angeles. Marvelously!

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.

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

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.

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.

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

You have to believe that things will happen, you have to work and love what you're doing.