I've been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what we've done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.

So it’s the kind of business where you can’t wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to what’s on the news, and you know, how the world’s going to change.

A lot of people at Shearson ended up making a lot of money because they had stock or stock options. Their kids were able to go to college, and it changed a lot of people’s lives.

I’ve had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.

I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I’m interested in.

I’m not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.

What turned me on then, and turns me on even today – and when the time comes from me to retire from management I think I’d still be interested in it – is that everything that happens in the world affects the price of securities.

And I thought I’d always like some form of business, I didn’t know what kind of business I’d go in.

And learn that when you do make a mistake, you’ll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake.

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you’re never going to do anything right.