The Germans Are Prisoners Of Their Past.

And In English You Have This Wonderful Difference Between Listening And Hearing, And That You Can Hear Without Listening, And You Can Listen And Not Hear.

In Times Of Totalitarian Or Autocratic Rule, Music (indeed Culture In General) Is Often The Only Avenue Of Independent Thought. It Is The Only Way People Can Meet As Equals, And Exchange Ideas. Culture Then Becomes Primarily The Voice Of The Oppressed And It Takes Over From Politics As A Driving Force For Change.

In The Beginning, There Was Silence. And Out Of The Silence Came The Sound. The Sound Is Not Here.

Not Only Has The Eyes Taken Over, But We Have Anaesthetised The Ears Through All The Muzak That We Hear All The Time.

I Love Conducting. What I'm Tired Of Is Music Administration. I Don't Want That. I Just Want To Make Music.