Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.

An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.

If every school would hire two more music teachers, we would need two fewer police officers.

Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

I was different from most young conductors today.

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor.

At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music.

Home is always the impossible subject, multilayered and maddening.

My mother is one of those very unusual, superb human beings-she's innately strong and incredibly smart. She created an environment for me to explore who I was.

My opponent is Short and the match will be short.

Even marginal progress could be affected by investigations in Little Rock and in Washington.

I've come to understand that the truth isn't really what's important...what really matters is what people agree is the truth. -Greymane

Have you dared to eat my son?" I laughed. Actually, it started out as more of a giggle that grew. Because my mind went straight to the gutter.

Our self-expression is meant to be a manifestation of the silence of our hearts.

It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.

I give you Mercedes Athena Thompson, our newest member." Much awkwardness ensued.

[John Craske] painted like a man giving witness under oath to a wild story.