There were two things going on: 1) I had already established in my own mind where I wanted to go with the next series, and having James around as a Grey Eminence would have complicated matters. He had had an amazing life and it was time to bid him good-bye.
“A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.”
“I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.”