Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducting Quotations

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.

Conducting was just something that happened by fluke.

I started conducting lessons and I realized that this is actually something I like doing.

I'm composing more than before. I'm cutting down on conducting.

This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.