I guess we had talked about his background and questioned him about Medicare. He said he had no problems with Medicare in the past.

No one really ever asked why he didn't apply for it. This is an assumption. It's not an easy thing to get. It takes a year, maybe two years through the application process. ... Now, looking back at it, he knew about his situation in the other state.

They operated under our Medicare number. We leased the space to them, but they did not have a Medicare-provider arrangement.

He said he didn't have any kind of problem with a governmental program. He said he never had to give back a nickel or dime.

Wellington has been there for me throughout the years, ... I've had my problems. He never told me what to do. He'd say, 'You know what you have to do.' He was always ready to help me. I will always, always appreciate that.

There are real problems with those pieces. I mean everything that Brahms writes seems to be 'bigger' than the medium he's writing for. The string quartets may be the most problematic of all his chamber music.