If every school would hire two more music teachers, we would need two fewer police officers.

An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.

Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.

I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to.