New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.

I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!

Rock music is predictable, unless theres great talent involved.

I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.

In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahmss four symphonies and Richard Strausss tone poems.

A woman's life in the orchestra is not as long as a man's; she is just not as good at 60 as a man is at 60.

New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.