because the russian pianist, alexander malofeev, says, "i know the way my country, russia, functions.ter more tightly around the leadership." some people have tendency to think, some people do not. people who do not think, they need somebody to think for them. obviously, it's going to be people in power. but people who think, they can easily see if something is going wrong. they may be mistaken for a while, but they will never be mistaken for long. i know you don't like being compared to america's bob dylan... no, no, no, idon�*t mind, i just think that bob dylan is much more of a genius. well, i mean, he is a nobel laureate, but even so. but anyway, you have said that one thing you and he have in common is that you are both building bridges, and bob dylan built the bridge between american folk and rock and roll. and you say you've been trying to build bridges between western culture and russia. do you think that culture really can help to break down barriers, say, between russians and americans, or the west? i think the role of culture is much, much, much more. and it's not western c