Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in.

I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it's kind of selfish, I want a future audience.

We live in the least ugly time in history. If you look at back when Beethoven was writing, half the kids were dying, mothers were dying at childbirth, there were more wars going on then than there are now. People wrote the most beautiful things during the ugliest times.

There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.

Actors want to do Shakespeare again and again, or want to do Hamlet. When you hear one guy do Hamlet and another guy do it, it's going to be a whole different experience.

Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in.

At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.