Which Of My Jewish Roots

It Is Hard To Think Of Another Composer Who So Perfectly Marries Form And Passion.

What [louis Armstrong] Does Is Real, And True, And Honest, And Simple, And Even Noble. Every Time This Man Puts His Trumpet To His Lips, Even If Only To Practice Three Notes, He Does It With His Whole Soul.

The 20th Century Has Been A Badly Written Drama, From The Beginning.

I'm Not Interested In Having An Orchestra Sound Like Itself. I Want It To Sound Like The Composer.

Perhaps The Chief Requirement Of [the Conductor] Is That He Be Humble Before The Composer; That He Never Interpose Himself Between The Music And The Audience; That All His Efforts, However Strenuous Or Glamorous, Be Made In The Service Of The Composer's Meaning - The Music Itself, Which, After All, Is The Whole Reason For The Conductor's Existence.