I was kind of a volatile personality, very intense. Because of that, I drew some criticism and people would say things about me, and my parents had tried to defend me. I would just tell them don't worry about it. Our day will come.
For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread.
For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.