There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will.

At night when I used to sleep, I was thinking all the time that shall I put a knife under my pillow.

My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could.

Even as China's growth slows, it will continue to be a powerhouse for the global economy.