He was listening so I don't remember.

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.

Nothing is possible without time

Fight honorably, win honorably, and lose honorably.To fail honorably is betterthan to succeed dishonorably.

At a certain point, unabashed optimism becomes delusional insanity.

Every age, after all, must have its own aisling and dream of a better, kinder, happier, shared world.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

For me what was very important was to try to capture the essence that might have existed behind the myth, the human essence of the character.

Milk many cows but make your own butter.

Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.

Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.

The best research you can do is to talk to people.