My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.

This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.

The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed the sensual pleasure of being in contact with music.

Music has just as much to do with movement and body as it does soul and intellect.

I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music.

I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly.