I think we're all pretty odd.
I'm outside the music I've made. I have no interest in it.
Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.
Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme.
I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.
I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.