"My music wouldn’t sound the way it does if I hadn’t had the experience of conducting." ― Esa-Pekka Salonen Topic(s): Experience More From Esa-Pekka Salonen "If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. This idea is completely at odds with our modern visual experience, because everything today is based on montage." "This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience." More In Experience "And I believe that if we can care about whether or not our neighbor has a good job or access to affordable health care for their children, and we move to implement the policies that can improve these situations, we will unleash vast amounts of human potential and recapture the American spirit."― Tim Ryan "No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma – but we make out of them just what suits our purposes."― Alfred Adler "To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing."― Keith Richards