Ive been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what weve done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.

Learn how to be a loser, because it's important to be a loser to be a winner.

You never want to think the best things are in the past. You want to get yourself to believe that the best things are going to be in the future.

And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake.

I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.

I'm not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.

I think we are a product of all our experiences.