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.
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?
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.
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.
There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.
You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.
I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived.
I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.
And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to.
Music is about communication, and the chemistry between an audience and the orchestra is absolutely essential; the performance does not exist in a bubble.
Here in England we live at a slower pace, have more time to enjoy things - like good jazz.
Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?
If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.
I feel that you always pay when you are a child.
