It was oxygen. I was lucky enough to have studied at the Juilliard School in Manhattan, and to have played my debut with Zubin Mehta and the Israeli philharmonic orchestra in Tel Aviv, and it turned out that Gottfried Schlaug had studied as an organist at the Vienna Conservatory, but had given up his love for music to pursue a career in medicine. And that afternoon, I had to ask him, "How was it for you making that decision?"
Era uma obsessão. Era oxigênio. Tive o privilégio de estudar na Juilliard School, em Manhattan, e na minha estreia toquei com Zubin Mehta e a Orquestra Filarmônica de Israel em Tel Aviv, e descobri que Gottfried Schlaug havia aprendido a tocar órgão no Conservatório de Viena, mas havia desistido do seu amor pela música para seguir a carreira de médico. E naquela tarde eu tinha que lhe perguntar: “Como se sentiu ao tomar essa decisão?”