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"With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard."
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"In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been."
"The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is always faster."
"This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience."
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"I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America."
"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."
"So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wouldn't exist anymore - and I couldn't tell you what those issues are."
"America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese."
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