At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music.
There are so many different people that I've emulated vocally. In the rock world - Sebastian Bach, Vince Neil, Freddie Mercury, Robert Plant. They all had amazing vocal talent.
The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics.
The team architecture means setting up an organization that helps people produce that great work in teams.
I'd like to explode a few myths about what we call classical music. It's not high art for the titillation of a chosen few.
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune.
I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts.
And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian.
Being a small boy it's very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about.
I'm probably a bit of a cheeky grandson, like my brother as well. We both take the mickey a bit too much.
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.
I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character.
The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.
I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.
How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously?
An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.
I did want to be a pilot. I wanted to be a military pilot because I liked airplanes. I was interested in modeling airplanes.
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can, there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
My plan was to land in Red Square, but there were too many people and I thought I'd cause casualties.