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"There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

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"Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other."
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"If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. This idea is completely at odds with our modern visual experience, because everything today is based on montage."

"I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older."

"I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad."

"This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience."
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