We play happy music, and we make people happy. That's why they like us.
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.
So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music.
I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
I've been going to Granada for many years and 12 years ago bought a house a few miles outside the city.
I eat right. I exercise. I run 5 miles a day on the treadmill.
I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown.
After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer.
I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.
I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
It's typical for people living in nonurban areas to drive 100 miles to go to work, to the grocery store or to the doctor.
To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Beethoven, Bartok, Schubert or Brahms work for minimal forces.
I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies from season to season.
Sometimes, the embers are better then the campfire. It's strange, but it's true.
The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
Unless today is well lived, tomorrow is not important.
You give frequent flyer miles with that guilt trip?
A journey of 1,000 miles starts with just 10 digits.
There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.
