Don't ever follow me, because I am difficult.

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.

In high seas or in low seas, I'm gonna be your friend...I'm gonna be your friend.In high tide or in low tide, I'll be by your side...I'll be by your side.

Everyone has scars, they just aren’t as visible as yours.

And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done.

You didn't just show up on planet Earth by accident.. You were handpicked by Almighty God.

I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom.

some wishes come true. some wishes dont. sometimes you find out you were wishing for the completely wrong thing.

I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes.

I have been aspiring to write some sort of literature for a long time.

My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago.