Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.

Suddenly I was in the right tempo - but it wasn't.

I'm conducting slowly because I don't know the tempo.

Accelerando means in tempo. Don't rush.

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.

Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it softly.

Beauty is less important than quality.

Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.

I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.

Thank you for your cooperation and vice versa.

There was confusion since I stood here 35 years ago.

Sometimes letting go is the only way to find out who you're meant to hold on to.

The first step in any Journey, Is the belief that the road will open up in front of you even if you cant see it....

The Pope is barely Catholic enough for some converts.

If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.

The loveliest fairy in the world; and her name is Mrs Do as you would bed one by.

The tradition of freedom of the high seas has its roots in an era when there were too few people to seriously violate the oceans - but in hindsight that era ended some 150 years ago.

That's all Hymie wants to talk about is Israel. Every time you go to Hymietown that's all they want to talk about.

If you remove enjoyment of God from faith in God, it ceases to be faith.

Obviously, the goal is to maximize my own potential, whatever that may be. That's all I focus on.

In my opinion, provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United Nations Charter.