My Entire Learning Process Is Slow, Because

I Would Never Have Become Music Director Of The Chicago Symphony, Which Would Have Been An Extremely Sad Loss.

The Joy Of Working With The Chicago Symphony Was Immeasureable.

Fight The Tendency To Become Complacent And Do One Kind Of Music - That Is The Death Of A Musician.

I Was Born And Trained To Communicate Music, Just As The Sons Were Born And Trained To Hunt, And I Was Lucky To Have Grown Up In Hungary, A Country That Lives And Breathes Music-that Has A Passionate Belief In The Power Of Music As A Celebration Of Life.

From Toscanini I Learnt The Essential And Desperate Seriousness Of Making Music.