Steina: “I studied violin, harmony and music theory. Because I didn’t want to go to school, I could go to all the rehearsals of the Symphony Orchestra. I went to all theater and dance performances, all concerts, everything that happened in this little town and that was a lot, because there was a cultural war going on between the USSR and the USA. I also went to a lot of art exhibitions – I had this aunt who was a painter … I received a full scholarship from the Czechoslovakian Ministry of Culture to attend the Music Conservatory in Prague … I was behind the Iron Curtain on my own in a strange culture, new language. I was delighted. It was a totally different kind of life. I was growing up…. I met Woody in 1962. I asked him if he could fix my motorcycle – that is how we became friends.”