During the rests - pray.

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.

The are two kinds of people in this modern society. First and the majority are those fools who think they are wise, and second are the few wise individuals who know that they are fools.

There is no reason why I should call myself a democrat.

Always be a beginner at something.

The man who knows how will always be the student, but the man who knows why will continue to be the instructor.

the not-so-bookish librarian was half angel, half she-devil, so sayeth the rumor mill.

I trust you to find the good in me, but the bad I must be sure you don't overlook.

Kindness was the last thing she needed. She had to stay in the icy place, the numb place, and their warmth threatened to melt her just when she needed the cold.

It was scary how much she sounded like me sometimes. Maybe that's why she totally got on my nerves

Do not think that if you surrender to God you will be loser. You will not lose anything except bondage, frustration and suffering. That is all you will lose.

Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered.