david: and he recommended you to leonard bernstein for an event in washington. >> there has come to usan aged seven, bearing the name yo-yo ma. now here is the cultural image for you to ponder as you listen -- a seven-year-old chinese cellist playing old french music for his new american compatriot. welcome, yo-yo ma and yeou-cheng ma. [applause] ♪ david: you performed at the age of seven in front of a live tv audience, but also president kennedy was there, so what was that like, fairly intimidating? yo-yo: well, we were newly arrived people, immigrants, and, so for a seven year old, you know, did i know exactly who president kennedy was? probably not. did i know he was an incredibly important person? yes. and did i think about this for the rest of my life, about who this person was? absolutely. ♪ david: what about where you play? yo-yo: live music is a communion. you don't have to be there. i don't have to be there. so if we are going to spend time together, let's make it count. ♪ ♪ david: so you are at juilliard, you are playing with other people, and then you decide ultimately go to

you know it was the same way with leonard bernstein he didn't look at any of the music and he thought well they must be faking some of it but it was because it was so much a part of their blood and so much a part of their being they just made it look easy you know it was it was a brilliant university for me if i had only known that i was going to become carnegie hall his first historian i would have taken notes back there. because nick make a pretty good boot. it but the last part of his life was basically dedicated to one piece that's right and he went back to school and to the counted but to school and effectively run what was left of the empire but then for him from skibo castle which in the highlands of scotland an american model. was the need to develop the city of elect taxis from chicago with amazing swimming pools and that stuff it didn't affect over the closing heads of you look at the conferences in schiphol if he was a visiting them to tell the for goodness sake get over these grand alliances because it's going to end of the catastrophe that's right in fact he brilliantly s

i wrote a piece recently for roger's magazine on leonard bernstein who centennial is was. and though their politics were very, very different, bernstein and buckley had a lot in comment. all of those talents, for example. it was said of bernstein he did too much. he was a conductor. he wrote classical music, a concert pianist, an on-television educator. some people said he should do one or two or three of those things and do them better. said, no, he needs they will all. needs to scratch every itch, so to speak. it was sometimes said of bill, you know, he has this column, two or three times a week, he edits a magazine, he lectures widely. he writes spy novels, sailing journals, so on and so forth. hosts a television show. maybe you should narrow down and write two or three big books. and other people said, no, he needed to express himself in all of those ways. kathryn, would you care to comment? and then roger. >> well, i'm reminded in our discussions here about his love of gadgets and things. reminded how he was always looking for the new outlet. he was -- he was the fore

i wrote a piece for rogers magazine on leonard bernstein whose sentencentennial it is. and though their politics were very, very different, bernstein and buckley had a lot in common. those talents, for example, it was said of bernstein he did too much. he was a conductor, he wrote classical music, broadway music, he was a concert pianist, he was an on of the television educator, a writer of prose, et cetera. some people said he should do one or two or three of those things and do them better and others said no he needs to scratch every itch. and it was sometimes said of bill, you know he has this column, he edits a magazine, lectures widely, writes spy novels, sailing journals, so on and so forth, hosts a television show. maybe he should narrow down and write two or three big books and others said no he needed to express himself in all of those ways, catherine would you and roger care to comment? >> well, i'm reminded how he was always looking for the new outlet, he was the foremost supporter of going online because he saw it as a new opportunity to spread ideas and i d

kathryn a question when it relates to music and i wrote a piece recently for rogers' magazine on leonard bernstein whose centennial it was, and the politics were r very, very different. bernstein and buckley had a lot in common, all of those talents. ed a it was said of bernstein that he did too much. one of the most important conductors in the world. he wrote classical music and broadway music and writer of prose, et cetera. and so people said that he should do one or two or three of those things and do them better, but another said no he needs them all to the scratch every itch so to speak. and for bill, he has a column once or twice a week, and he lecture lectures widely and writes spy novels and writes sailing journals and so on and so forth, and hosts a television show, and maybe you should narrow down and write two or three big books, and other people said, no, he ne needs to express himself in all of those ways. kathryn, would you care to comment and then roger? >> well, i am reminded in the discussion of the gadgets and things and reminded how he is always look poing for the new outlet, an