My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.
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I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done, but then the phone started to ring, and gradually, over time, I started conducting more and more. Now a third of my performances are with orchestras.
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It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.
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Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.
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I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit.
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