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What did Bernstein say to you?
He never knew. He was too busy playing. So I managed to sneak in on that one. There have been many things that have happened, mostly in the concerts with the Philharmonic. Oh the usual things when people are falling off the bandstand, more crazy than funny. Or we’d make [...]
What have you learned about the music business that has surprised you?
Nothing surprises me anymore. The way the business goes now I’ve learned not to be surprised. Like I say, right from my first days when I got to New York – studios were gone, live playing was just about nil. But I got to [...]
What’s the best advice you ever received?
The best advice I ever received? When I was in high school I was accepted to the Eastman School of Music and one requirement that they said I had to learn was to learn the piano because I had no knowledge of the piano whatsoever. So I found the [...]