I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If I hadn't turned out to be a filmmaker, I would have been a musician.
I never wanted to be a director.
Had I not become entangled with music, I would have become an author much earlier.
To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.
If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer.
I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to L.A. and pursued acting and film, which is sad, really.
I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.
If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright.
In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms's four symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems.
I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene.
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