Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi.

The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.

Beethoven in c minor has come to symbolize his artistic character...where he seems to be most impatient of any compromise.

When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered.

Stage fright, like epilepsy, is a divine ailment, a sacred madness... It is a grace that is sufficient in the old Jesuit sense - that is, insufficient by itself but a necessary condition for success.

He who loved himself became great in himself, and he who loved others became great through his devotion, but he who loved God became greater than all.

We have gold because we cannot trust governments

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

A good putter is a match for anyone. A bad putter is a match for no one.

There is a woe that is wisdom, a woe that is madness.

Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president.

Everybody was inspired by the drawings and the wind tunnels and the race cars - but no one wanted to work with me because I had a reputation for being an aerodynamic dictator!

Young people are growing in plain sight, there is no place for them to hide, no cocoon. It’s hard

I'm not going to have a baby until I'm around 30 something.

How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.