A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.
-- Erich Leinsdorf
Before I left New York to go to Virginia and to enjoy the country, I filed an application with the Immigration.
-- Erich Leinsdorf
I think that the President was perfectly aware of the enormous importance which music played in the creation of a better life for people.
-- Erich Leinsdorf
I was an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan. It was my first trip to America. During that winter, Austria was swallowed up by the Nazis.
-- Erich Leinsdorf
I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.
-- Erich Leinsdorf
I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff.
-- Erich Leinsdorf
I was several times at the White House and once I arranged for a chamber group of the Boston Symphony to play at the White House.
-- Erich Leinsdorf
The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.
-- Erich Leinsdorf
The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.
-- Erich Leinsdorf
When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman.
-- Erich Leinsdorf
When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.
-- Erich Leinsdorf



